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Technical Reference Booklet

Rear Panel

The back panel provides the following connectors:

Mouse Connector

The mainboard provides a standard PS/2

mouse mini DIN connector for

attaching a PS/2

mouse. You can plug a PS/2

mouse directly into this

connector.

Keyboard Connector

The mainboard provides a standard PS/2

keyboard mini DIN connector

for attaching a PS/2

keyboard. You can plug a PS/2

keyboard directly into

this connector.

USB 2.0 Connector

The mainboard provides a UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface)
Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard, mouse
or other USB-compatible devices. You can plug the USB device directly into
the connector.

SIGNAL

DESCRIPTION

VCC

+5V/5VSB (optional)

-Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0

+Data0

Positive Data Channel 0

GND

Ground

VCC

+5V/5VSB (optional)

-Data 1

Negative Data Channel 1

+Data 1

Positive Data Channel 1

GND

Ground

USB 2.0 Connector Description

USB 2.0 Connector

Summary of Contents for VT8237R PLUS

Page 1: ...nterference by one or more of the following measures REORIENTORRELOCATETHERECEIVINGANTENNA INCREASE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVER CONNECTTHEEQUIPMENTINTOANOUTLETONACIRCUITDIFFERENTFROM THATOFTHERECEIVER CONSULTTHEDEALERORANEXPERIENCEDAUDIO TELEVISIONTECHNICIAN NOTE Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B requirements or using an unshield...

Page 2: ...FIGURATION SPEAKER CONFIGURATION SPEAKER CONFIGURATION 10 10 10 10 10 Method 1 4 6 Surround audio output of back panel only 10 Method 2 Using S Bracket connectors 12 JUMPER SETTING 13 JBAT1 CMOS Clear 13 JP1 Keyboard Power Select Jumper 13 J2 J3 CPU Frequency Select Jumper 13 CONNECTORS CONNECTORS CONNECTORS CONNECTORS CONNECTORS 14 Floppy Disk Drive Connector CN3 14 Hard Disk Connectors CN1 CN2 1...

Page 3: ...ER MANUAL VT8237R PLUS SATA RAID USER MANUAL VT8237R PLUS SATA RAID USER MANUAL 36 36 36 36 36 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 36 Create Disk Array 37 Delete Disk Array 39 Select Boot Array 39 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array 40 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array 41 DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE I...

Page 4: ...d Flexible motherboard design with on board VRM 10 0 easy to upgrade with future Intel Celeron Pentium 4 processors 0 8375V to 1 600V in 12 5mV steps System Memory System Memory System Memory System Memory System Memory A total of two DDRII SDRAM sockets Supports DDRII 400 533 1 8V DRAM interface for DDRII SDRAM Maximum memory size 2GB System BIOS System BIOS System BIOS System BIOS System BIOS Pn...

Page 5: ...Play Plug and Play Plug and Play Plug and Play Plug and Play Supports Plug and Play specification 1 1 Plug and Play for Windows 98 Windows 2000 as well as Windows XP Fully steerable PCI interrupts On board AC97 Sound On board AC97 Sound On board AC97 Sound On board AC97 Sound On board AC97 Sound Integrated AC97 controller with standard AC97 Codec Direct Sound and Sound Blaster compatible Full Dupl...

Page 6: ...ue color rendering MPEG 2 video textures Power Management Power Management Power Management Power Management Power Management Supports SMM APM and ACPI Break switch for instant suspend resume on system operations Energy star Green PC compliant Hardware monitoring circuit provides voltage temperature fan speed etc monitoring optional Supports suspend to RAM STR optional Expansion Slots Expansion Sl...

Page 7: ...check the cable orientation in order to match the colored strip to the pin 1 end of the connector 2 Be sure to connect PW1 and PWR1 to power supply correctly otherwise the motherboard can t work normally 3 When you start up the system please wait for 5 seconds after you power on AC 4 Adding a metal spaced plate to the back of the Socket 775 is not recommended as this will short motherboard compone...

Page 8: ...yboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 keyboard You can plug a PS 2 keyboard directly into this connector USB 2 0 Connector USB 2 0 Connector USB 2 0 Connector USB 2 0 Connector USB 2 0 Connector The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB de...

Page 9: ...ctor LPT Parallel Port Connector LPT Parallel Port Connector LPT Parallel Port Connector LPT The mainboard provides a 25 pin female centronic connector A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port ECP mode MIDI Game Connector MIDI Game Connector MIDI Game Connector MIDI Game Connector MIDI Game Connector The mainboard p...

Page 10: ...akers to S Bracket For connection details please refer to page 22 Speak Speak Speak Speak Speaker Configuration er Configuration er Configuration er Configuration er Configuration Method 1 Using the 4 6 Surround audio output of back panel After installing the audio drivers you can attach the speakers for 2 4 6 channel audio output Always connect the speakers to the LINE OUT connectors Different co...

Page 11: ... will appear Click on the Speaker Configuration tab to select the audio mode A When you choose 4 channel mode for 4 speaker output the selected item is shown below B When you choose 6 channel mode for 5 1 speaker output the selected item is shown below Note Note Note Note Note When you find the center and Subwoofer exchanged please select the item of Exchange LFE ...

Page 12: ...bout the setting refer to selecting 4 or 6 Channel Settings later in the section Connector configurations for 4 and 6 channel using S Bracket are described below 4 Channel Analog Audio Output S Bracket 1 2 3 SPDIF jack coaxial Rear Speaker Out No function 1 2 3 S Bracket 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 2 3 1 2 3 SPDIF jack coaxial Rear Speaker Out Center and Subwoofer Out Note Note Note Note Note ...

Page 13: ...tion 1 2 Normal 2 3 CMOS Clear 1 JBAT1 Close Open Default setting 1 JP1 JP1 Keyboard Mouse Power Select Jumper JP1 Keyboard Mouse Power Select Jumper JP1 Keyboard Mouse Power Select Jumper JP1 Keyboard Mouse Power Select Jumper JP1 Keyboard Mouse Power Select Jumper JP1 Select 1 2 Powered by 5V 2 3 Powered by 5V Standby J2 J3 CPU Frequency Select Jumper J2 J3 Select Open 2 3 133MHz 2 3 Open 200MHz...

Page 14: ...nboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 controller that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 function You can connect up to four hard disk drives CD ROMs 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices CN1 Primary IDE Connector The first hard drive should always be connected to CN1 CN1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configur...

Page 15: ... serial ATA data rates of 150 MB s Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device Please refer to Serial ATA Raid manual for detail software installation procedure SATA 2 SATA 1 PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND SA SA SA SA SAT T T T TA A A A A 1 SA 1 SA 1 SA 1 SA 1 SAT T T T TA A A A A 2 2 2 2 2...

Page 16: ... Cable optional ower Cable optional ower Cable optional ower Cable optional Serial A Serial A Serial A Serial A Serial AT T T T TA Cable optional A Cable optional A Cable optional A Cable optional A Cable optional Connect one end of the SATA cable to the mainboard and connect the other end to the SATA Hard Disk Please do not fold the serial ATA cable at a 90 degree angle as this will cause a loss ...

Page 17: ...USB Connector USB Connectors USB1 USB2 USB3 USB Connectors USB1 USB2 USB3 USB Connectors USB1 USB2 USB3 USB Connectors USB1 USB2 USB3 USB Connectors USB1 USB2 USB3 This mainboard has USB ports Some computer cases have a special module that mounts USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use the auxiliary USB connector USB1 USB2 USB3 to connect the front mounted ports to the...

Page 18: ...pport system cooling fans using 12V via a four three pin head connector When connecting the wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of th...

Page 19: ...1 PIN Assignment 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD R CDS1 CDS1 CDS1 CDS1 CDS1 CD IN Connector CDS1 CD IN Connector CDS1 CD IN Connector CDS1 CD IN Connector CDS1 CD IN Connector CDS1 The connector is for CD ROM Drive FOXCONN REM OVE ...

Page 20: ...6 Rear Audio R 7 Reserved 8 Key No pin 9 Front Audio L 10 Rear Audio L FPS1 FPS1 FPS1 FPS1 FPS1 Note Note Note Note Note If you want to use the Front Audio connector you must remove 5 6 9 10 jumpers In order to utilize the front audio header your chassis must have front audio connector Also please make sure the pin assignment on the cable is the same as the pin assignment on the MB header To find ...

Page 21: ...N6 optional The connector allows you to connect a S Bracket for a Digital Interface SPDIF The S Bracket offers 1 SPDIF jacks for digital audio transmission and 2 analog Line Out jacks for other 4 channel audio output So you can use Line in Mic in and 6 channel audio output features at the same time CN6 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 FOXCONN REM OVE ...

Page 22: ... center output 6 LFE OUT Audio bass output 7 GND Ground 8 SPDIF S PDIF input 9 No Pin Key 10 SPDFO S PDIF output CN6 CN6 CN6 CN6 CN6 S S S S S Brack Brack Brack Brack Bracket et et et et S Bracket Cable optional S Bracket Cable optional S Bracket Cable optional S Bracket Cable optional S Bracket Cable optional Connect to CN6 SPDIF jack coaxial Rear Speaker Out Center and Subwoofer Out ...

Page 23: ...1 The mainboard provides one front panel connector for electrical connect on to the front panel switches and LEDs FP1 FP1 FP1 FP1 FP1 NC VCC KEY NC GND IRRX SPEAKER GND KEY IRTX NC VCC GND KEY GND PWR_SW RESET NC KEY GND PW_LED PW_LED HDD_LED HDD_LED 24 23 16 17 18 20 22 21 19 15 13 7 11 9 5 3 1 14 6 8 10 12 2 4 FOXCONN REM OVE ...

Page 24: ...ification designed for the throughput demands of 3D graphics It introduces a 66MHz 32 bit channel for the graphics controller PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots The PCI slots allow you to insert expansion cards to m...

Page 25: ...ing steps to install the CPU 1 Use index finger and thumb to move metal lever so it is separated from the bottom steel shell grip hook 2 Use index finger to lift the top steel shell 3 Use index finger and thumb to place the CPU onto the plastic body look for the gold arrow the gold arrow should point away from the lever pivot ...

Page 26: ...nce Booklet 4 Use index finger and thumb to press down metal lever the cap will be pushed up by the CPU this may also be done by removing the cap beforehand 5 Press the metal lever so it is secured in the bottom steel shell grip hook ...

Page 27: ...ositioned to prevent wire pinching between the heatsink and the processor or between the heatsink clip and the socket 7 Align the fastener tips with the motherboard hole pattern insert the fastener tips into the holes guilding the wires to avoid pinching the fasteners will slide through the motherboard holes with no insertion force 8 Engage the fasteners caps Apply thumb pressure to the top of eac...

Page 28: ...28 28 28 28 28 Technical Reference Booklet 9 Gently rotate the cap clockwise 1 4 turn 10 At last attach the fan wire connector to the 4 pin fan header connector on the motherboard labeled CPU FAN ...

Page 29: ...4 Position the DDRII DIMM above the socket Align the notch in the bottom edge of the DDRII DIMM with the key in the socket 5 Insert the bottom edge of the DDRII DIMM into the socket 6 When the DDRII DIMM is seated push down on the top edge of the DDRII DIMM until the retaining clips at the ends of the socket snap into place Note Please turn the system off before installing or removing any device o...

Page 30: ...eatures Overclocking features The settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Before using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This chapter provides explanations for Setup Utility options The Standard Configuration A standard configuration has already been set in the Setup Utility However we recommend that you read this chapter in case you...

Page 31: ...ne on your unit Note that a brief description of each highlighted item will appear at the bottom of the screen Standard This setup page includes all the items of Award special standard CMOS Features features Advanced BIOS This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced Features features Advanced This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features Chipset Features In...

Page 32: ...se the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn key to select the desired value in each item Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Sat Jan 01 2005 Item Help Time h h mm ss 11 1 35 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Press Enter 4303 MB IDE Primary Slave None Change the day month IDE Secondary Master None year and century IDE Secondary Slave None...

Page 33: ...nstalled chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It must be stated that these items should not be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals ...

Page 34: ...ord from the CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and operate without a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will be displayed to confirm that the password is disabled P P P P PASSWORD DISABLED ASSWORD DISABLED ASSWORD DISABLED ASSW...

Page 35: ...prompt key in AWDFLASH AWDFLASH AWDFLASH AWDFLASH AWDFLASH and hit ENTER 4 Enter the file name of the new BIOS 5 The question Do you want to save BIOS Y N is displayed Key in N if there is no need to save the existing BIOS content Key in Y if a backup copy of the existing BIOS is needed A file name has to be assigned to the existing BIOS binary file 6 The message press Y to program or N to exit is...

Page 36: ...t C VIA Technologies Inc All Right reserved Scan Devices Please wait Press Tab Key into User Window Channel 0 Master IC35L040AVVA07 0 Channel 1 Master IC35L040AVVA07 0 The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below VIA Tech VT8237 Series SATA RAID BIOS Ver 4 90 Create Array Create a RAID array with Delete Array the hard disks attached to Create Delete Spare VIA IDE controller Select ...

Page 37: ...Mode Size GB Status Channel0 Master IC35L040AVVA07 0 ATA 100 38 34 Hdd Channel1 Master IC35L040AVVA07 0 ATA 100 38 34 Hdd 2 Highlight the Array Mode and press Enter then a list of array modes will appear Just highlight the target array mode that you want to create and press Enter to confirm the selection VIA Tech VT8237 Series SATA RAID BIOS Ver 4 90 RAID 0 for performance Create a RAID array with...

Page 38: ...64K Start Create Process F1 View Array disk Status ÏÐ Move to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Channel0 Master IC35L040AVVA07 0 ATA 100 38 34 Stripe0 Channel1 Master IC35L040AVVA07 0 ATA 100 38 34 Hdd 4 If user selected a RAID 0 array in step 2 user also can select a block size for the array Use the arrow key to highlight the Block Si...

Page 39: ... item The selected array will be destoried Enter Confirm the selection Are you sure Conlinue Press Y N ESC Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Channel0 Master IC35L040AVVA07 0 ARRAY 0 ATA 100 38 34 Stripe0 Channel1 Master IC35L040AVVA07 0 ARRAY 0 ATA 100 38 34 Stripe1 Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 arrays When a RAID 1 is deleted ...

Page 40: ... and backup data If BIOS detects any inconsistencies the status of the disk array will be marked as critical and BIOS will prompt the user to duplicate the RAID 1 in order to ensure the backup data consistency with the user data Critical RAID 1 Critical Status Duplicate now the RAID 1 array needs to Continue to boot be duplicated to ensure data consistancy Fault Hdd Found Channel 1 Device 0 Fault ...

Page 41: ...rface just like a duplicated RAID 1 Selecting Continue to boot enables the user to duplicate the array after booting into operating system Broken RAID 1 Critical Status Power off and check the failed drive A disk member of a mirroring Destroy the Mirroring Relationship array has failed or is not Choose replacement drive and rebuild responding The array is Continue to boot stilling functional but f...

Page 42: ...acement Drive and Rebuild This item enables users to select an already connected hard drive to rebuild the broken array and replace the data to that particular hard drive After choosing the item the channel column will be activated I Broken RAID 1 Critical Status Power off and check the failed drive The contents on the disk Destroy the Mirroring Relationship you have selected will be Choose replac...

Page 43: ... TION TION TION Microsoft Windows Driver Installation 1 After Windows has finished booting up the system will automatically find the newly installed adapter and prompt the Found New Hardware Wizard window Click Cancel to skip it 2 Insert the bundled driver CD DISC into your CD ROM drive select Serial ATA RAID Driver installation bar on the dialogue Window to begin the driver and software installat...

Page 44: ...44 44 44 44 44 Technical Reference Booklet 3 Confirm the follow up dialogue windows to finish the installation 4 When installation is completed click Finish to restart the system ...

Page 45: ...t SATA_Raid DriverDisk SATA folder to a floppy disk Make sure following directoties and files are copied into floppy disk A AMD64 2003X64 VIAMRX64 CAT VIAMRX64 INF VIAMRX64 SYS txtsetup oem VIAMRX64 I386 NT4 VIAMRAID INF VIAMRAID SYS NT5 VIAMRAID CAT VIAMRAID INF VIAMRAID SYS txtsetup oem VIAMRAID txtsetup oem 2 Install OS from CD ROM 3 Press F6 at the prompt Press F6 if you need to install a thir...

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