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Vig410P Motherboard Manual

Super Micro X8DAL BIOS

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Version

: This item displays the BIOS revision used in your system.

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Build Date

: This item displays the date when this BIOS was completed.

Processor

The AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of the processor used in your
system:

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CPU Type

: This item displays the type of CPU used in the Motherboard.

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Speed

: This item displays the speed of the CPU detected by the BIOS.

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Physical Count

: This item displays the number of processors installed in your

system as detected by the BIOS.

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Logical Count

: This item displays the number of CPU Cores installed in your

system as detected by the BIOS.

System Memory

This displays the size of memory available in the system:

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Populated Size

: This item displays the installed memory size detected by the

BIOS.

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Available Size

: This item displays the available memory detected by the BIOS.

Summary of Contents for Vig410p

Page 1: ...Vig410P Motherboard Manual C O M P U T E R S N E T W O R K S S O L U T I O N S Vig410p Motherboard Manual ...

Page 2: ...ect standards To ensure the computer system maintains compliance throughout its functional life it is essential you follow these guidelines Install the system according to Viglen s instructions If you open up your Viglen Keep internal cabling in place as supplied Ensure the lid is tightly secured afterwards Do not remove drive bay shields unless installing a CE marked peripheral in its place The c...

Page 3: ...onsent except for copies retained by the purchaser for backup Copyright 2009 Viglen Limited All Rights Reserved Vig410P Manual Version 1 0 Printed in the United Kingdom Liability No warranty or representation either expressed or implied is made with respect to this documentation its quality performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose As a result the documentation is licensed as...

Page 4: ...herboard Connectors 25 Onboard Indicators 33 Upgrading Central Processing Unit CPU 35 Upgrading System Memory 41 Installing an Expansion Card PCI PCI Express 43 Replacing the Clock CMOS RAM Battery 45 Chapter 3 Solving Problems 46 Resetting the System 46 Troubleshooting Procedures 47 Problems Operating Add in Boards 48 Problems Suggestions 50 Error and Information Messages 52 BIOS Post Codes 56 Ch...

Page 5: ...Configuration 108 Super IO Device Configuration 109 Remote Access Configuration 109 Hardware Health Configuration 110 ACPI Configuration 112 Event Log Configuration 113 Security Settings 114 Boot Configuration 115 Exit 116 Chapter 6 BIOS Recovery 118 How to Recover the AMIBIOS Image 118 Boot Sector Recovery fro USB Device 118 Boot Sector Recovery from an IDE CD ROM 119 Boot Sector Recovery from a ...

Page 6: ...Series Processor platform is the first dual processing platform that offers the next generation point to point system interconnect interface replacing the current Front Side Bus Technology that substantially enhances system performance with increased bandwidth and scalability This manual contains technical information about the Viglen Vig410P Motherboard and other hardware components inside your c...

Page 7: ...t up to 24 GB of DDR3 Buffered ECC or Unbuffered ECC Non ECC Memory See Section 2 4 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Expansion Support One PCI E 2 0 x16 slot Slot 6 One PCI E 2 0 x4 slot in x16 slot Slot 3 One PCI E x4 in x8 slots Slot 2 Two 32 bit PCI 33 slots Slot 4 and Slot 5 Storage Support Intel ICH10R supports six SATA2 ports with RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 supported in the Windows OS Env...

Page 8: ...oise fan speed control CPU chassis temperature monitoring Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection power LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU cores System overheat Fan Fail LED Ind...

Page 9: ...ctor 1 x CD In connector 1 x Power SMB System Management Bus connector 2 x SGPIO Serial Link General Purpose Input Output connectors 1 x Front control panel connectors ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism ACPI ACPM Power Management S1 S3 S4 S5 Other Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS Power Requirements ...

Page 10: ...ine the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environment Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on th...

Page 11: ...rride Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button may function as a system suspend button allowing the system to enter a Soft Off state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again to wake up the whole system During the Soft Off state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the...

Page 12: ...ply and Motherboard Super I O The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrup...

Page 13: ...Vig410P Motherboard Manual 12 Block Diagram of the Intel 5500 Chipset Platform Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard features pages for details on the features ...

Page 14: ...r provides 84 signals Each processor supports two QPI links one going to the other processor and the other to the North Bridge The 5500 Chipset supports up to 24 PCI Express Gen2 lanes peer to peer read and writes transactions The ICH10R provides up to six PCI Express ports six SATA ports and eight USB connections In addition the 5500 platform also supports a wide range of RAS Reliability Availabi...

Page 15: ...Vig410P Motherboard Manual 14 System Board Components Figure 1 Motherboard Layout Components ...

Page 16: ... Connector II PCI E x4 in x8 Slot O Overheat LED Header JJ SMB to PCI PCI E Slots P SAS Enable Header KK PCI E 2 0 x4 in x16 Slot Q SAS Heartbeat LED LL PCI 33MHz R Chassis Intrusion Header MM PCI 33MHz S System Fan Connector 4 NN PCI E x16 Slot T Power Force On Jumper OO LAN1 2 Enable Header U Battery PP Rear I O Connections Back Panel Connectors The Motherboard external IO connectors are attache...

Page 17: ... Port 3 14 Front Green 7 COM Port 1 Turquoise 15 Line In Blue 8 Gigabit LAN RJ45 2 Note The back panel audio out connectors are designed to power headphones or amplified speakers only Poor audio quality occurs if passive non amplified speakers are connected to these outputs This Motherboard features a 7 1 2 Channel High Definition Audio HDA codec that provides 10 DAC channels The HD Audio connecti...

Page 18: ...of 24GB The BIOS automatically detects memory type size and speed The Motherboard supports the following memory features Registered ECC or Unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR3 1333 MHz 1066 MHz 800 MHz Memory 24 GB maximum total system memory total amount of addressable memory Minimum total system memory 1GB 72bit registered ECC DIMMs Table 5 DIMM Population Configurations ...

Page 19: ...w more than 4 GB of memory 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices the amount of memory that remains available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional See the following Table Table 6 Memory Allocation Availability ...

Page 20: ... and regulatory compliance required for using and modifying electronic equipment Do not operate the system with the cover removed Always replace the cover before turning on the system As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this computer may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug precede as follows The wire which is coloured green and yellow must ...

Page 21: ... electrical shop While you are wearing the strap and it is earthed static charge will be harmlessly bled to ground 2 Do not remove the component from its anti static protective packaging until you are about to install it 3 Hold boards by the edges try not to touch components interface strips etc Note We recommend that you return your computer to the service department for upgrading Any work carrie...

Page 22: ...n off the power and unplug the power cord from the computer before changing a jumper taking all necessary anti static precautions System Board Jumper Settings The following figure shows the jumper locations of the Motherboard Please refer to the following tables describing each jumper s configuration Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the Motherboard jumpers can be used to choose be...

Page 23: ...er supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS GLAN Enable Disable Jumper JPL1 JPL2 JPL1 JPL2 enables or disables the GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the Motherboard The default setting is Enabled A GLAN Port 1 Enable B GLAN Port 2 Enable Figure 5 GLAN Jumper Location Table 7 GLAN Jumper Function Mode Jumper Setting Configuration Default Enab...

Page 24: ...Audio Enable Disable Jumper JPAC JPAC enables or disables Audio Controller on the Motherboard The table below describes the jumper settings Table 9 Audio Jumper Function Mode Jumper Setting Configuration Default Enable 1 2 Enables the onboard audio controller Disable 2 3 Disables the onboard audio controller I2 C Bus to PCI Slots Jumper JI2 C1 JI2 C2 Jumpers JI2 C1 JI2 C2 allows you to connect the...

Page 25: ...nt panel audio header jumpers should be installed on the header JC1 pin pairs 1 2 5 6 and 9 10 If these jumpers are not installed the back panel line out connector will be disabled and microphone input Pin 1 will be left floating which can lead to excessive back panel microphone noise and cross talk The table below describes the jumper settings Table 12 Front Panel Audio Jumpers Front panel audio ...

Page 26: ...o buttons and LED s situated on the front panel Figure 6 Front panel connections A NMI This non maskable interrupt B Power LED This 2 pin connector is for the system power LED Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector The system power LED lights up when you turn on the system power and blinks when the system is in sleep mode C HDD Hard disk drive LED This 2 pin connector is for the HDD...

Page 27: ...s the LED will flash constantly F Power Fail LED This 2 pin connector is for the power stability for the system If systems does not have the required amount of power the LED will light up G Reset Button This 2 pin connector is for the chassis mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power H Power Button This connector is for the system power button Pressing the power b...

Page 28: ...de adequate power to PCI Express slots Processor Power Connector In addition to the primary ATX power connector the 12V 8 pin CPU Power connector must also be connected to the Motherboard A 24 pin ATX power connector B 8 pin processor power connector C 8 pin processor power connector Figure 7 Power Connectors C A U T I O N D o n o t f o r g e t t o c o n n e c t t h e 2 4 8 8 p i n p o w e r p l u...

Page 29: ...ctors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives A Serial ATA connectors Figure 8 Serial ATA connectors Universal Serial Bus USB There are two USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus headers on the Motherboard Figure 9 Universal Serial Bus USB header ...

Page 30: ...onal 3 pin fans However fan speed control is available for 4 pin fans only The fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting in the BIOS The Default setting is Disabled See the table for pin definitions A Fan 1 CPU2 Fan B Fan 2 CPU1 Fan C Fan 3 D Fan 4 E Fan 5 F Fan 6 G Chassis Intrusion Figure 10 Fan connectors CAUTION Do not forget to connect the...

Page 31: ...n the JD1 header pins 1 3 are used for power LED indication and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the tables on the right for pin definitions If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Connect a cable to pins 4 7 of JD1 to use an external speaker A Internal Speaker Buzzer B Power LED Speaker Figure 12 Power LED Speaker connection Note The speaker connector pins a...

Page 32: ...ng or fan failure This LED will blink when a fan failure occurs Refer to the table on right for pin definitions Power SMB I2 c Connector Power System Management Bus I2C Connector JPI2C monitors power supply fan and system temperatures See the table on the right for pin definitions A OH LED B PWR SMB Figure 13 Overheat LED Fan Fail and SMB connectors ...

Page 33: ...Refer to the board layout below for the locations of the headers A T SGPIO 1 B T SGPIO 2 Figure 14 Power SMB and SGPIO connectors CD In Connector There is a 4 pin CD header CD1 on the Motherboard This header allows you to use the onboard sound for audio CD playback Connect an audio cable from your CD drive to the CD header that fits your cable s connector A CD In Figure 15 CD In connector A ...

Page 34: ... on the IO Backplane of the Motherboard Each Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The Yellow LED on the right indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connections See the tables at below for more information 1 LAN1 2 LEDs Figure 16 GLAN LEDs indicators ...

Page 35: ...g410P Motherboard Manual 34 Onboard Power LED LE1 There is an Onboard Power LED located on the Motherboard When this LED is lit the system is on A Onboard Power LED Figure 17 Onboard Power LED indicators ...

Page 36: ...rd last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Make sure you install the Motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan All Intel Processors together with Level 2 cache chips are housed in a protective package The design of the Vig410...

Page 37: ...em by lifting the securing latch at the rear of the case CPU heatsink Top View CPU heatsink Bottom View Figure 18 Xeon Active CPU heatsink 2 Unplug the heatsink fan from Motherboard fan connector Remove the fan from the heatsink by lifting it out of cage Figure 19 Heatsink Fan Removal ...

Page 38: ...tsink is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 6 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Installing the CPU 1 Press the socket clip to release the load plate that covers the CPU socket from its locking position Figure 21 Release load plate ...

Page 39: ...t against the socket key which is the notch below the gold colour dot on the side of the socket Figure 24 Aligning the CPU 5 When both CPU and the sockets are aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not rub the CPU against the surface of the socket or its pins to avoid damaging the CPU or the socket Figure 25 Aligning the CPU ...

Page 40: ...is properly installed Figure 26 Ensure CPU is Properly Secured 7 Once the CPU is securely seated on the socket lower the CPU load plate to the socket Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock Figure 27 Secure CPU Load Plate Note If one CPU is to be installed it should be installed in socket for CPU1 ...

Page 41: ...now 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws i e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug Do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU Figure 28 Heatsink diagonal screw locations 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws 5 Repeat the steps for the ...

Page 42: ...arting with P1 DIMM 1A For best memory performance please install memory modules of the same type and same speed on the memory slots as indicated on the tables below See the Memory Installation Table on page 17 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM...

Page 43: ...Remove DIMM 1 Simultaneously press the retaining clips outward to unlock the DIMM Note Support the DIMM lightly with your fingers when pressing the retaining clips The DIMM might get damaged when it flips out with extra force 2 Remove the DIMM from the socket Figure 31 Removing DIMM ...

Page 44: ...or with the slot and press firmly until the card is completely seated on the slot 4 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier 5 Replace the system lid Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card configure the card by adjusting the software settings 1 Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings if any 2 Install the software drivers for the...

Page 45: ...I Express x16 Slot This Motherboard supports PCI Express x16 graphic cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications Figure 44 shows a graphics card installed on the PCI Express x16 slot Figure 33 Install a PCI Express x16 card ...

Page 46: ...eat or any naked flame Keep all batteries away from children CAUTION Danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by Viglen Discard used batteries according to manufacturer s instructions The battery is listed as board component K on the diagram on Figure 1 To replace the battery carry out the following 1 Observe the precautio...

Page 47: ...ook for support information on our web site http www viglen co uk Device drivers and various useful utilities can be downloaded from our ftp site ftp ftp viglen co uk Resetting the System Before checking your system for hardware problems it is always a good idea to try resetting your computer and see if a re boot can solve the problem Most software related problems can be solved simply by re booti...

Page 48: ...rating system normally loads from a diskette insert the operating system diskette into the drive 5 Turn on the system If the power indicator does not light but the system seems to be operating normally the indicator is probably defective Monitor the power on self test POST execution Each time you turn on the system the POST checks the system board memory keyboard and certain peripheral devices Not...

Page 49: ...tional memory to 256 K If the PCI ISA legacy board uses shared memory between C8000H DFFFH run Set up and enable shared memory for the appropriate memory space No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the Motherboard and the chassis 2 Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the p...

Page 50: ...tem 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR3 Registered ECC or Unbuffered ECC Non ECC 1333 MHz 1066 MHz SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between all memory slots and check the results 5 Make sure that all memory modules are fully seated in their slots Make sure to follow the instructions given on DIMM population on pa...

Page 51: ...stem settings available to re enter because clearing CMOS RAM sets the options to their default values Characters on screen are distorted or incorrect Make sure the brightness and contrast controls are properly adjusted on the monitor Make sure the video signal cable and power cables are properly installed Make sure your monitor is compatible with the video mode you have selected Characters do not...

Page 52: ...check the connector between the system board and the front panel If OK the light may be defective Prompt doesn t appear after system boots It s probably switched off A serious fault may have occurred consult your dealer service department Technical Support Setup can t enter If you can t enter Setup to make changes check the switch that disables entry into Setup Chapter 2 If the switch is set to al...

Page 53: ...ctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and ru...

Page 54: ...nd by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Drive A is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled th...

Page 55: ...lict I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed...

Page 56: ... Setup and change the settings Press F3 to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the I2O Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices ha...

Page 57: ...t up process The error messages normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list correspond to the number of beeps for the...

Page 58: ...dware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag 0Ah Initialize CPU registers 0Bh Enable CPU cache 0Ch Initialize caches to initial POST values 0Eh Initialize I O component 0Fh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word duri...

Page 59: ...m start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Ini...

Page 60: ...Initialize coprocessor if present 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 87h Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional 88h Initia...

Page 61: ...about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot with INT 19 C...

Page 62: ...ze Memory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS Note If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xx...

Page 63: ... software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Viglen Driver CD supplied with the system Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than t...

Page 64: ...es a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip...

Page 65: ... one drive installed Using the Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Utility Program Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes 1 After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test Figure 36 Entering the Intel ICH10R SATA Utility Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only Your screens m...

Page 66: ...next field You can use the Esc key to select the previous menu 3 When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit Enter 4 When the Disks item is highlighted press Enter to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen displays Figure 38 Selecting Drives for RAID 0 Volume 5 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive ...

Page 67: ...s Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu Creating a RAID 1 Volume 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Figure 39 Creating a RAID 1 Volume 2 Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the Tab key or the Enter key to go to the next field You can use the Esc key to select the previous menu 3 When R...

Page 68: ...10 RAID 1 RAID 0 Volume 2 Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press Enter 3 When RAID Level item is highlighted use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAID0 and hit Enter 4 When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit Enter The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a ...

Page 69: ... the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu Creating a RAID 5 Parity 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Figure 41 Creating a RAID 5 Parity Volume 2 Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press Enter 3 When the Raid Level is highlighted use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit Enter ...

Page 70: ...desired RAID volume capacity and press Enter when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed 8 Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 9 When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu Deleting RAID Volume CAUTION Be sure to...

Page 71: ...AID and press Enter The following screen will appear Figure 43 Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD 2 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press Space to select 3 Press Enter to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays 4 Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility 1 F...

Page 72: ...screen appears press S to specify additional device s 6 Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2003 2008 Vista Driver for ICH10R into Drive A and press the Enter key 7 Choose the Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2003 2008 Vista Setup Screen and press the Enter key 8 Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additiona...

Page 73: ...ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ICH10R I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5000X Chipset the ICH10R I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports...

Page 74: ...nfiguration section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA 1 Configuration and press the Enter key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to Configure SATA 1 as and press Enter Then select RAID 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID CodeBase and press Enter Then select Adaptec 7 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Uti...

Page 75: ... and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the Motherboard design the Vig395 offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility Use this utility t...

Page 76: ...tup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the ESC key Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it Figure 44 Selecting the Array Configuration Utility ...

Page 77: ...aging Arrays Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it CAUTION Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a partic...

Page 78: ... main menu shown on Page 82 select Configure Drives and hit Enter as shown below Figure 46 Configuring Drives 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press Insert Figure 47 Selecting Drives To Be Configured ...

Page 79: ...u want to configure appear in the selected drives box Figure 48 List of Selected Drives for Configuration 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press Enter 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below Figure 49 List of Selected Drives for Configuration 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If correct type Y to continue ...

Page 80: ...d that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page 82 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Figure 50 Creating Arrays 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown b...

Page 81: ...the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives Figure 52 Assigning Array Properties ...

Page 82: ...es RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 RAID 10 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 RAID 10 Quick Init Fastest way to ...

Page 83: ...to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Window...

Page 84: ...r existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Figure 54 Adding a Bootable Array Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to de...

Page 85: ...2 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press Enter 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page 82 select Add Delete...

Page 86: ... shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here Figure 56 Deleting Hotspare 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu ...

Page 87: ...restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild Press Ctrl and R to Rebuild Figur...

Page 88: ... and press delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed CAUTION Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and parti...

Page 89: ... format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities Figure 58 Accessing Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press Enter The following screen appears Figure 59 Disk Utilities Main Menu ...

Page 90: ...el formatted at the factory and does not need to be low level formatted again 1 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press Enter The following screen appears Figure 60 Formatting Disk 2 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit Enter Otherwise select No and press Enter CAUTION Formatting a disk d...

Page 91: ...2 Verifying Disk Media 1 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press Enter 2 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit Enter ...

Page 92: ...igure 63 Verifying Disk Media To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility Figure 64 Exiting utility ...

Page 93: ...n appears press S to specify additional device s 6 Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the Enter key 7 Choose ICH10R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key 8 Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be ...

Page 94: ...es power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up The Power On sequence When the computer is first switched on certain instructions in the BIOS are executed to test various parts of the machine This is known as the POST Power On...

Page 95: ...mpt type format A S then press Enter Windows XP environment a Insert a 1 44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive b Click Start from the Windows desktop and then select My Computer c Select the 3 Floppy Drive icon d Click File from the menu and then select Format A Format 3 Floppy Disk window appears e Select Create an MS DOS start up disk from the format options field and then click Start Windo...

Page 96: ...len co uk files and download the latest BIOS file for the Vig410P Motherboard Save the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk Note Write the BIOS filename on a piece of paper You need to type the exact BIOS filename at the DOS prompt 2 Copy the following files to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier Latest BIOS file R1_0A ROM AMI BAT AFUDOS SMC 3 Boot the system in DOS mode then at the prompt...

Page 97: ... the Power On Self Test POST to enter the Setup utility otherwise POST continues with its test routines If you wish to enter Setup after POST restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Delete or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on Do this last option only if the first two failed The Setup program is designed to make it as ...

Page 98: ...nus Items that use submenus are indicated with the _ icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu BIOS Menu Screen Figure 65 BIOS Screen Layout Main Setup Features System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or System Date using the arrow keys Key in new...

Page 99: ...sed in the Motherboard Speed This item displays the speed of the CPU detected by the BIOS Physical Count This item displays the number of processors installed in your system as detected by the BIOS Logical Count This item displays the number of CPU Cores installed in your system as detected by the BIOS System Memory This displays the size of memory available in the system Populated Size This item ...

Page 100: ...ertain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for system boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot This option allows the bootup screen options to be modified between POST messages or the OEM logo Select Disabled to display the POST messages Select Enabled to display the OEM logo instead of the normal POST messages The options are Enabled and Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode This se...

Page 101: ...Select Power Off for the system power to remain off after a power loss Select Power On for the system power to be turned on after a power loss Select Last State to allow the system to resume its last state before a power loss The options are Power On Power Off and Last State Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function When this item is set to Ena...

Page 102: ... change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Capability Available when supported by the OS and the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the Execute Disable Bit which will allow the processor to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can execute an...

Page 103: ...e This feature allows the user to decide how the onboard 5500 Series processor will act at C6 State The options are Disabled and Enabled C3 Auto Demotion When enabled the CPU will conditionally demote C6 or C7 requests to C3 based on un core auto demote information The options are Disabled and Enabled DCA Technology This feature accelerates the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a spe...

Page 104: ... Motherboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for redundancy Lockstep The Motherboard uses two areas of memory to run the same set of operations in parallel Demand Scrubbing A memory error correction scheme where the Processor writes corrected data back into the memory block from where it was read by the Processor The options are Enabled and Disabled Patrol Scrubbing A memory e...

Page 105: ...to set the physical space between each DIMM module Each step is in 1 1000 of an inch The default is 400 Press or to change the value Intel VT d Select Enabled to enable Intel s Virtualization Technology support for Direct I O VT d by reporting the I O device assignments to VMM through the DMAR ACPI Tables This feature offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing...

Page 106: ...orts 8 USB ports 10 USB ports and 12 USB ports USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled to activate the onboard USB2 0 controller The options are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to use Legacy USB devices If this item is set to Auto Legacy USB support will be automatically enabled if a legacy USB device is installed on the Motherboard and vise versa The settings are Disabled Enabled...

Page 107: ...ate the following submenu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CD DVD and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In the LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB ...

Page 108: ...pport cannot be determined Select SWDMA0 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs Select SWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select SWDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select MWDMA0 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 0 It has a ...

Page 109: ...ted Select Enable to enable the hot plug function for the SATA devices The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI PnP Configuration Clear NVRAM This feature clears the NVRAM during system boot The options are No and Yes Plug Play OS Selecting Yes allows the OS to configure Plug Play devices This is not required for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug Play Select No to allow the A...

Page 110: ...d the Interrupt Request address of Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options for Serial Port1 are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4...

Page 111: ...y This feature defines the length of time in seconds to display memory information The options are No Delay Delay 1 Sec Delay 2 Sec and Delay 4 Sec Hardware Health Monitor This feature allows the user to monitor system health and review the status of each item as displayed CPU Overheat Alarm This option allows the user to select the CPU Overheat Alarm setting which determines when the CPU OH alarm...

Page 112: ... adjust to a faster speed depending on the Fan Speed Control settings User intervention No action is required However consider checking the CPU fans and the chassis ventilation for blockage High The processor is running hot This is a caution level since the CPU s Temperature Tolerance has been reached or has been exceeded and may activate an overheat alarm The system may shut down if it continues ...

Page 113: ... and Super Quiet Voltage Readings The following voltage readings will be displayed Vcore1 Vcore2 1 5V 5VDD 5VSB 12V 12V 3 3Vcc 3 3VSB VBAT and Vtt ACPI Configuration Use this feature to configure Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI power management settings for your system High Performance Event Timer Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer HPET that produces period...

Page 114: ...ns are Enabled and Disabled Headless Mode This feature is used to enable system to function without a keyboard monitor and or mouse attached The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Version Features The options are ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 Please refer to ACPI s website for further explanation http www acpi info Event Log Configuration View Event Log Use this option to view the System Ev...

Page 115: ...ed means that a user password has not been used Change Supervisor Password Select this feature and press Enter to access the submenu and then type in a new Supervisor Password User Access Level Available when Supervisor Password is set as above Available options are Full Access grants full User read and write access to the Setup Utility View Only allows access to the Setup Utility but the fields c...

Page 116: ...isplays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled Boot Configuration Use this feature to configure boot settings Figure 68 BIOS Setup Utility Boot Device Priority This feature allows the user to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot Device The settings are 1st boot dev...

Page 117: ...om available Removable Drives The settings are 1st boot device 2nd boot device and Disabled 1st Drive USB XXXXXXXXX 2nd Drive CD DVD Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available CD DVD Drives i e 1st Drive 2nd Drive etc Exit Options Select the Exit tab from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen Figure 69 Exit Menu Save Changes and ...

Page 118: ... to discard all the changes and return to the AMI BIOS Utility Program Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter Then select OK to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically load Optimal Defaults to the BIOS Settings The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications Load Fail...

Page 119: ...and complete the bootup process Notes BIOS Recovery described below is used when the main BIOS block crashes However when the BIOS Boot sector crashes you will need to send the Motherboard back to Viglen for RMA repairs Boot Sector Recovery from a USB Device This feature allows the user to recover a BIOS image using a USB device without additional utilities needed A user can download the BIOS imag...

Page 120: ...r Boot Sector Recovery you will need to meet the following requirements The Target system the system that needs BIOS updates must have a serial port and Serial Flash support embedded in the BIOS image file The Host system should also have a serial port and a terminal program that supports XModem Transfer protocol Hyper Terminal for the Windows operating systems and minicom for Linux FreeSBD etc A ...

Page 121: ...m BIOS updating press y to confirm BIOS updates C Press y again to begin flashing BIOS remotely Note Be sure to complete Steps A C above quickly because you have a second or less to do so 6 Once you ve completed the instructions given a screen will display to indicate that remote flashing is starting and the new BIOS file is being uploaded 7 To use Hyper Terminal to transfer the XModem protocol by...

Page 122: ...ed the message New BIOS received OK will display Figure 73 Flash Update Successful 8 Once remote BIOS fl ash is completed the system will reboot Note AMIBIOS Serial Flash will work with any terminal communications program that supports VT 100 and XModem protocols including protocols designed for GNU LINUX BSD operating systems such as minicom It is recommended that the terminal program be configur...

Page 123: ...256 KB L2 Advance Transfer Cache Features of the ATC include Non Blocking full speed on die level 2 cache 8 way set association 512 bit or 256 bit data bus to the level 2 cache data clocked into and out of the cache every clock cycle BIOS Basic Input Output System This is software stored on a chip and consists of the instructions necessary for the computer to function The System BIOS contains the ...

Page 124: ...py Disk Controller the interface for connecting floppy disk drives to the computer Hercules A monochrome graphics video mode which first appeared in the Hercules graphics card Provides a resolution of 720 by 348 pixels Hyper Pipelined Technology Part of the Pentium 4 processor s Intel NetBurst micro architecture Hyper pipelined technology doubles the pipeline depth of the Pentium III processor s P...

Page 125: ...s including Advanced Transfer Cache Advanced Dynamic Execution Enhanced Floating Point and Multimedia Unit and Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 Intel NetBurst Microarchitecture provides higher throughput within the processor and out to memory and I O for improved headroom PCI Peripheral Component Interface It became apparent to manufacturers that the 8MHz AT ISA BUS on the standard PC was just not fast...

Page 126: ...ued speed enhancements for the classic parallel ATA bus Serial ATA will be introduced at 150Mbytes sec with a roadmap already planned through 600Mbytes sec Shadow Memory The BIOS is normally stored in ROM On certain systems it can be copied to RAM on power up to make it go faster This RAM is known as shadow memory The System BIOS is responsible for this copying SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions Intern...

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Page 128: ...has listed some questions that you may like to answer and return to Viglen This will help Viglen help to keep and improve the standard of their manuals 1 Is the information provided in this and other manuals clear enough 2 What could be added to the manual to improve it 3 Does the manual go into enough detail 4 Would you like an on line version of this manual ...

Page 129: ...pport and Service Departments 6 Are there any technological improvements that could be made to the system 7 Other points you would like to mention Please return this slip to Product Development Dept Viglen Ltd 7 Handley Page Way Colney Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ ...

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