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1. Find a PC, put a diskette into its floppy 

drive A:, this diskette will be formatted later. 
Put the driver CD into DVD-ROM drive.

2. Depending on which platform your XP 

system is, normally, it is a 32-bit system. 
Use Windows explorer, and go to 

CD:\

Driver\NVIDIA\MCP78\Chipset\WinXP\

32bit\IDe\WinXP\sataraid\floppy\
Disk1

,

 

click on 

RaidTool

 icon to start the 

creation.

3. Click "GO" to start.

4. Select the desired destination FDD drive. 

It can be the default drive A: or any USB 
FDD. Click "OK" to continue.

5. Insert a diskette, click "OK" to continue.

5-1 Create two RAID Driver Diskettes 

If you want to install a brand new Windows XP on a RAID system, you need to create two 

RAID driver floppy diskettes which will be used during Windows XP installation later.

Содержание 720AL Series

Страница 1: ...720AL Series Motherboard User s Manual...

Страница 2: ...ndicates that this product may not be treated as household waste By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human h...

Страница 3: ...dio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment EN 61000 3 2 2000 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input cu...

Страница 4: ...urer HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD Address 66 CHUNG SHAN RD TU CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TAIPEI HSIEN TAIWAN R O C Supplementary Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules...

Страница 5: ...wer please make sure the power supply AC input voltage setting has been configured to the local standard To prevent damage to the motherboard do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboar...

Страница 6: ...etup Enter BIOS Setup 20 Main Menu 20 System Information 22 Fox Central Control Unit 24 Advanced BIOS Features 30 Advanced Chipset Features 31 Integrated Peripherals 32 Power Management Setup 37 PC He...

Страница 7: ...iver Diskettes 73 RAID Enable in BIOS 75 Select a RAID Array for Use 75 Install a New Windows XP 91 Setting Up a Non Bootable RAID Array 98 Technical Support Website http www foxconnchannel com Suppor...

Страница 8: ...ly what you need for break through performance With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity features for today multi media computing requirements 720AL enables you to unleash more...

Страница 9: ...100 1000Mb s LAN chip Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 2 x PCI Express x1 slots 3 x PCI slots Onboard Serial ATA 4 x SATA connectors 300MB s data transfer rate Support hot plug and NCQ Native...

Страница 10: ...power consumption and power management features PCI Express x16 Support 4GB s 8GB s concurrent bandwidth Low power consumption and power management features Green Function Support ACPI Advanced Confi...

Страница 11: ...e 720D 12 IDE Connector 13 24 pin ATX Power Connector 14 DDR2 DIMM Slots 15 CPU_FAN Header 16 CPU Socket 17 4 pin ATX 12V Power Connector 18 SYS_FAN Header 19 USB_PWR2 Jumper 20 Chassis Intrusion Alar...

Страница 12: ...nd etc 6 Audio Ports For the definition of each audio port please refer to the table below Please refer to Chapter 4 and install the Realtek audio driver in CD to assign the audio output ports for dif...

Страница 13: ...ction at up to 10 100 1000Mb s data rate LAN Type Left Active Right Link Status Description Status Description 1000M Off No Link Off No Link Green Blinking Data Activity Off 10Mb s Connection Green 10...

Страница 14: ...all the Memory Install an Expansion Card Install other Internal Connectors Jumpers This motherboard supports low power energy saving CPUs drawing less than 95W under normal operation This currently in...

Страница 15: ...to prevent hardware damage Locate the Pin 1 of the CPU The CPU cannot be inserted if oriented incorrectly Apply an even and thin layer of thermal grease on the surface of the CPU Do not turn on the co...

Страница 16: ...d an even thermal grease on the surface of CPU 2 Buckle the heatsink firmly at one side of the stand 3 Buckle the heatsink at another side and press the fasten lever down to tightly seat the cooler 4...

Страница 17: ...irst to achieve optimum performance C A U T I O N Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory It is recommended that memory...

Страница 18: ...ory socket Place the memory module onto the socket then put your fingers on top edge of the module and push it down firmly and seat it vertically into the memory socket Step 2 The clips at both ends o...

Страница 19: ...y required BIOS changes for your expansion card s 7 Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card Installing a Gr...

Страница 20: ...o the connector and make sure it is secure 4 pin ATX 12 V Power Connector PWR2 Connect the 4 pin ATX 12V power supply to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU We recommend you using a 24 pin power supply...

Страница 21: ...eep state or power off mode S5 the LED is off This 2 pin connector is directional with sign Power Switch Connector PWR SW Connect to the power button on the front panel of the chassis Push this switch...

Страница 22: ...pporting 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB FDDs IrDA Connector IR This connector supports infrared wireless transmitting and receiving device Chassis Intrusion Alarm Header INTR The header can be co...

Страница 23: ...headers on this motherboard The fan speed can be controlled and monitored in PC Health Status section of the BIOS Setup These fans can be automatically turned off after the system enters S3 S4 and S5...

Страница 24: ...dous ESD Electrical Static Discharge problem Clear CMOS Jumper CLR_CMOS The motherboard uses CMOS RAM to store the basic hardware information such as BIOS data date time information hardware password...

Страница 25: ...onding setting must be set in BIOS as below Set Power Management Setup USB Resume from S3 to Enabled USB_PWR1 2 5V Default 1 2 3 5VSB 1 2 3 USBPWR1 is for the internal USB connectors USBPWR2 is for th...

Страница 26: ...Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu System Information Fox Central Control Unit Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PC Health Status Load Optimized De...

Страница 27: ...s overclocking can be set up through this menu Advanced BIOS Features The advanced system features can be set up through this menu Advanced Chipset Features The values for the chipset can be changed t...

Страница 28: ...o optimal default may sometimes come out an unstable system What you need now is to adjust BIOS setting one by one trial and error to find out the best setting for your current system Set Supervisor P...

Страница 29: ...drive None means no HDD is installed or set and Auto means the system can auto detect the hard disk when booting up In Access Mode setting selections of CHS LBA Large and Auto can help you to select...

Страница 30: ...etected during powering up Model Name This item shows the model name BIOS Version This item shows the BIOS version Memory These are Display Only information of the system memory determined by POST Pow...

Страница 31: ...f you enabled this function it can significantly reduce the EMI Electromagnetic Interference generated by the system so to comply with FCC regulation But if overclocking is activated you had better di...

Страница 32: ...multiple boot devices user from pressing Esc key to enter boot menu Smart Power LED Smart Power LED is a feature built on your motherboard to indicate different states during Power On System Test POS...

Страница 33: ...Checksum Restart Ignore Menu Level DCTs Mode Unganged CKE Base Power Down Mode Enabled Auto no user limit CKE Base Power Down Per Channel MaxMemCLK limit by Memclock Tri stating Disabled memory clock...

Страница 34: ...Base Power Down Mode This item allows you to enable or disable the CKE base power down mode CKE Base Power Down CKE power down mode selection Memclock Tri stating Enables the DDR memory clocks to be t...

Страница 35: ...ast data from a write operation to the memory and issuing a read command Trfc0 1 2 3 for DIMM0 1 2 3 Refresh to Refresh or Refresh to Active command interval Trfc3 auto refresh row cycle time for logi...

Страница 36: ...Voltage This option is used to change the memory voltage Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Options CPU Voltage Default Item Help Memory Voltage Default Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Va...

Страница 37: ...lability it will appear an error message Disabling this function then POST will not detect the floppy Boot Up NumLock Status This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system i...

Страница 38: ...lect PCI Express graphics card as the default first display device This option is used to select the source of primary display device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features MCP...

Страница 39: ...ill use PIO mode instead SATA Controller This option is used to enable disable function of SATA drives connected to the SATA ports Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Devices OnChip IDE Ch...

Страница 40: ...ystem if it supports AHCI then you can select this option SATA Pri Master RAID SATA Pri Slave RAID SATA Sec Master RAID SATA Sec Slave RAID These items are valid only when SATA Operation Mode is set t...

Страница 41: ...station on the network By installing a boot ROM in the network board you can enable a client PC system on the network to be booted remotely Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnBoard Devices OnBoard...

Страница 42: ...d infrared chip OnBoard Parallel Port This item is used to assign the I O address and interrupt request IRQ for the onboard parallel or Printer port Parallel Port Mode This item is used to select the...

Страница 43: ...on legacy OS If you have a USB mouse set to enabled USB Storage Support This option is used to set whether the USB Mass Storage controller is enabled in a legacy operating system such as DOS USB Mass...

Страница 44: ...onfiguration context Control starts from the processor s reset vector after the wake event also called Suspend to RAM S4 The S4 sleeping state is the lowest power longest wake latency sleeping state s...

Страница 45: ...to enable or disable the HPET Support Power Management Events Wake Up by PCI PCIE PME This item is used to set the system to be waken up by PCI PCIE card USB Resume from S3 This item is used to set t...

Страница 46: ...KB Resume from S3 is set to Password this item allows you to input a password to wake up the system from S3 mode Hot Key Resume Wen PS 2 KB Resume from S3 is set to Hot KEY this item allows you to pre...

Страница 47: ...PWM Temperature It allows you set a temperature value from which smart fan starts its operation Start PWM Value It allows you to set an initial PWM value to drive the fan when the temperature reaches...

Страница 48: ...he next time when you enter the BIOS it will ask you to input this password to confirm your access right After you get the right to access the BIOS you then can select this setting again and press Ent...

Страница 49: ...that enhance the motherboard features This chapter includes the following information Utility CD content Install driver and utility FOX ONE FOX LiveUpdate FOX LOGO FOX DMI Note Because each module is...

Страница 50: ...r after all the drivers have been installed A NVIDIA MCP78 Chipset Driver B Realtek HDA Audio Driver C Realtek 811X LAN Driver 2 Software Utilities Use these options to install additional software pro...

Страница 51: ...individual driver to install it manually 2 Install Utility You can select the specific utility to install Manual Installation Step by Step Exit the program Select to Install Utilities Select to Insta...

Страница 52: ...ll require you to calibrate the CPU s loading Click OK to proceed and start the Utility F I S is a feature of FOX ONE which can automatically adjust your CPU clock based on your current system loading...

Страница 53: ...mplify the whole FOX ONE control panel to a smaller information bar i e Simple Mode as depicted below you can drag this bar to any place on your screen to help you monitoring system status Click here...

Страница 54: ...t Click this button to exit the program Minimum Click this button to drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray located at the lower right corner of your screen Homepage Click this button to visit Foxcon...

Страница 55: ...he Simple Mode Messages such as CPU frequency voltage etc they can be displayed one by one in Simple Mode 3 F I S Calibration FOX Intelligent Stepping Optional This function will re calibrate the CPU...

Страница 56: ...2 After data is collected it will ask you to restart your computer now Later on when the FOX ONE program is activated and F I S feature in CPU Page is also enabled FOX ONE will automatically adjust yo...

Страница 57: ...eck the highest CPU clock you can use System will raise the CPU clock step by step until it hangs you can then push the RESET button on your PC panel to restart the system When system restarts run FOX...

Страница 58: ...ET button on the front panel of your system to restart the computer Run FOX ONE program again it will inform you the previous test found that 255MHz is the recommended CPU clock for your system Click...

Страница 59: ...s speed to a minimum The four benchmarks Power Gaming Data Mining Office and Energy Saving the references of their system loading were calculated and defined in the FIS Calibration option of Configura...

Страница 60: ...ert function Go to Limit Setting page Set high limit by dragging the lever Show current CPU temperature value Enable alert function when the CPU temperature is higher than high limit value Show curren...

Страница 61: ...lert function Set low limit rpm by dragging the lever Show current CPU fan rpm value Enable alert function when the CPU fan runs slower than the low limit rpm value Show current low limit rpm value of...

Страница 62: ...age manually CPU voltage can be stepped up down by a unit of 12 5mV while memory is 0 05V step and North Bridge is 0 04V step Set low limit rpm by dragging the lever Show current FAN1 fan rpm value En...

Страница 63: ...ts you enable Smart Fan function or set the fan speed by manual When Smart Fan is selected you must use a 4 pin CPU cooler in your system Go to Fan page Set fan speed by dragging the lever Enable or d...

Страница 64: ...g Systems Windows 2000 Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2003 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit Using FOX LiveUpdate 1 Local Update 1 1 Local Update BIOS Information This page lets...

Страница 65: ...nsure if you really want to continue click Yes to confirm A setup wizard will guide you to load a local BIOS file to finish the operation You must remember from which directory to load your new BIOS f...

Страница 66: ...ation 2 2 Online Update Update Driver This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet Click start it will search the new drivers from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update o...

Страница 67: ...rom Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Browse detailed information Install the selected driver Close the window Select the driver to update Click here Current information S...

Страница 68: ...ill search all new BIOS drivers utilities from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here Current information Search all new BIOS drivers utilities from Internet Browse...

Страница 69: ...om Internet and if any qualified item found it will pop out a message on the task bar to inform you to do the next step Double click on the icon as show below you can see the detailed information Doub...

Страница 70: ...gure System This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the FOX LiveUpdate utility Click here Set the location of download files or auto backup BIOS Determine if the F...

Страница 71: ...hout any interruption 4 About Help This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate Click here Select which BIOS ROM to flash Only available to motherboard with backup BIOS ROM Apply the changes...

Страница 72: ...ayed if you enable the BIOS Quiet Boot setting in Advanced BIOS Features menu Supporting Operating Systems Windows 2000 Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2003 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit...

Страница 73: ...an easily analyze and troubleshoot your motherboard if there is any problem occurred Supporting Operating Systems Windows 2000 Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2003 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Vista...

Страница 74: ...with new RAID built as data storage It includes the following information RAID Configuration Introduction NVIDIA MediaShield Driver Create two RAID Driver Diskettes RAID Enable in BIOS Select a RAID A...

Страница 75: ...ng motherboard driver CD 5 A motherboard driver CD 6 Windows XP or Vista Install CD Creating a Non Bootable Array Existing Windows XP or Vista system with new RAID built as data storage Follow 5 5 to...

Страница 76: ...tant for example a system that delivers video on demand TV programs to many viewers The configuration affects reliability and performance in different ways The problem with using more disks is that it...

Страница 77: ...f striping and mirroring This configuration provides optimal speed and reliability but you need four SATA hard disks Spanning JBOD JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Disks Each drive is accessed as if it...

Страница 78: ...TA Pri Master RAID is the SATA port 1 of the motherboard SATA Pri Slave RAID is the SATA port 2 SATA Sec Master RAID is the SATA port 3 SATA Sec Slave RAID is the SATA port 4 In section 5 3 later you...

Страница 79: ...rand size and model number Though we are using four different hard disks as an example to describe RAID function in this chapter it is only helpful in explaining what the final disk volume of the RAID...

Страница 80: ...et WinXP 32bit IDE WinXP sataraid Floppy Disk1 click on RaidTool icon to start the creation 3 Click GO to start 4 Select the desired destination FDD drive It can be the default drive A or any USB FDD...

Страница 81: ...nished Click OK then click Close to continue copying of RAID driver into this diskette 9 Check if the first diskette contains the driver files 10 Go to CD Driver NVIDIA MCP78 Chipset WinXP 32bit IDE W...

Страница 82: ...ne listing each key s function such as Tab Enter ESC etc It is helpful to make your choice easier MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Define a New Array RAID Mode Mirrored Stripe Block Optimal Free Disks Arr...

Страница 83: ...nd keys to add the hard disks to the right drive panel Striped Optimal 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 11...

Страница 84: ...Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup Striped Optimal 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 79GB 0 0 WDC W...

Страница 85: ...Enter to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul 27...

Страница 86: ...ack F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB Mirrored 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB M...

Страница 87: ...T3320620AS 298 09GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 79GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB All data on new or added disks will be overwritten Continue Y YES N NO M...

Страница 88: ...to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Ar...

Страница 89: ...ty Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup Striped Mirror Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB...

Страница 90: ...t value Press F7 to finish the setting 5 Press Y to continue and press Y again to select Clear MBR MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Define a New Array RAID Mode Mirrored Stripe Block Optimal Free Disks Ar...

Страница 91: ...ormation of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Array List Ctrl X Exit Select B...

Страница 92: ...el then use and keys to add the hard disks to the right drive panel Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB RAID5 0 0 WDC WD...

Страница 93: ...y Port Disk Model Capacity Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup RAID5 Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 0 WDC W...

Страница 94: ...ess Enter to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul...

Страница 95: ...pacity Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup Spanned Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB...

Страница 96: ...WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB All data on new or added disks will be overwritten Continue Y YES N NO...

Страница 97: ...d drive information of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Array List Ctrl X Exi...

Страница 98: ...may need to reboot the system again PC may not respond to your F6 input immediately and it keeps loading files until the next screen displays Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party...

Страница 99: ...mine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Currently Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s n...

Страница 100: ...er manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen ENTER Select F3 Exit NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller required NVIDIA RAID Driver...

Страница 101: ...ve a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass s...

Страница 102: ...st To set up Windows XP on the selected item press ENTER To create a partition in the unpartitioned space press C To delete the selected partitions press D 238473 MB Disk 0 at id 1 on bus 0 on nvrd32...

Страница 103: ...matted Setup will now format the partition Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select the file system you want and then press ENTER If you want to select a different partition for Windows XP press ESC F...

Страница 104: ...n will ask you to insert the second RAID diskette into floppy drive Press Enter to continue when it is done 17 Setup will be coping files to the RAID disk array to create your new Windows XP system Yo...

Страница 105: ...menu Enable the RAID function together with the SATA ports which have the hard disks and DVD drive connected Press F10 to save the settings and reboot To achieve the best performance and reliability w...

Страница 106: ...ess Ctrl X keys to exit and go to Windows 4 In Windows click Cancel to skip any Found New Hardware Wizard Use driver CD and click on NVIDIA MCP78 Chipset Driver to install the NVIDIA RAID driver The R...

Страница 107: ...allation of driver may take a while after the NVIDIA driver is installed it will ask you to click Finish to restart your computer 6 When Windows starts a Found New Hardware Wizard appears Click on Can...

Страница 108: ...and Convert Disk Wizards appears Click Next to continue The RAID array is named as Disk1 and its status is unknown and not Initialized 8 A Select Disks to Initialize window will appear The disks liste...

Страница 109: ...fore using it Right click Unallocated space select New Partition and follow the Wizard instructions 12 When New Partition Wizard appears click Next to continue 13 When Primary partition screen appears...

Страница 110: ...5 103 17 The format of disk array Disk1 is in processing 18 Format completed now you can start using your RAID array...

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