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M S-7100  ATX  M ainboard

Software Configuration

After installing the creative audio driver, you are able to use the 2-, 4-, 6- or 8-

channel and the SPDIF audio feature  now. Click the  creative volume control audio
icon        from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to activate the
Creative Audio Configuration. Or you can move the mouse to the top of screen and a

Creative MediaSource Go

 quickstart bar will float on the desktop, simply click on

each icon  button to enter the configuration screen .

Creative volume control icon

Creative MediaSource Go quick start bar

Содержание MS-7100

Страница 1: ...i MS 7100 v1 0 ATX Mainboard K8N Diamond G52 M7100X1...

Страница 2: ...nt in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expres...

Страница 3: ...onal Business Machines Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Windows 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation NVIDIA the NVIDIA logo DualNet...

Страница 4: ...vice personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work accordin...

Страница 5: ...on to DDR SDRAM 2 7 DIMM Module Combination 2 7 Recommended Memory Combination List 2 8 Installing DDR Modules 2 9 Power Supply 2 10 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector JPWR1 2 10 ATX 12V Power Connector JPWR2...

Страница 6: ...Scalable Link Interface connector PCI_E4 2 24 Button 2 27 Clear CMOS Button SW1 2 27 Slots 2 28 PCI Express Slots PCI_E1 PCI_E3 2 28 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI1 3 2 28 PCI Interru...

Страница 7: ...ive Audio Driver 5 6 Installation for Windows 2000 XP 5 6 Software Configuration 5 8 SURROUNDMIXER 5 9 SPEAKER SETTINGS 5 10 MEDIASOURCE PLAYER 5 12 EAX CONSOLE 5 13 GRAPHICEQUALIZER 5 17 Chapter 6 nV...

Страница 8: ...n 7 4 Logical Drive Information 7 4 Command Line 7 4 Creating RAID Groups 7 5 Creating Spare Drive 7 6 Creating JBOD 7 7 Deleting RAID Groups Spare Drive and JBOD 7 7 Rebuild RAID 1 Set 7 8 Resolving...

Страница 9: ...X ATX mainboard The K8N Diamond mainboard is based on nVIDIA nForce 4 SLI chipset for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced AMD K8 Athlon 64 FX Athlon 64 processor the K8N Diamond ma...

Страница 10: ...to 4GB Supports 2 5v DDR SDRAM DIMM For the updated supporting memory modules please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php Slots Two PCI Express x16 slots supp...

Страница 11: ...PCI Express LAN supports 10 100 1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell 88E8053 IEEE 1394 Supports up to three 1394 ports rear panel x 1 pinheader x 2 Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps Audio Power by Creative Sou...

Страница 12: ...mension ATX Form Factor 30 4 cm X 24 4 cm Mounting 9 mounting holes MSI Reminds You To create a bootable RAID volume for a Windows 2000 environment Microsoft s Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 SP4 is requi...

Страница 13: ...B ports T LAN jack B USB ports W inbond W 8362 7THF CREATIVE Sound Bluster VIA VT6306 nVIDIA CK8 04 SLI 88E1111 RCJ BATT DIMM 1 C_FAN1 DIM M 3 DIMM 2 DIM M 4 JPW R1 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 PC...

Страница 14: ...le Power Cable Optional User s Guide Test Report D Bracket 2 Optional MSI motherboard MSI Driver Utility CD SATA RAID Driver Diskette Creative Audio Driver Back IO Shield Quick Guide 1394 Cable Option...

Страница 15: ...les and expansion cards as well as how to setup the jumpers on the mainboard Also it provides the instructions on connecting the periph eral devices such as the mouse keyboard etc While doing the inst...

Страница 16: ...12 JPWR2 p 2 10 IDE1 2 p 2 17 JPWR1 p 2 10 JFP2 p 2 19 PCI Slot 1 3 p 2 28 JUSB1 3 p 2 19 SATA1 4 p 2 18 SW1 p 2 27 S_FAN1 p 2 16 NB_FAN1 p 2 16 FDD1 p 2 16 C_FAN1 p 2 16 JCD1 p 2 18 JCI1 p 2 17 JIR1...

Страница 17: ...nboard mbd pro_mbd_cpu_support php MSI Reminds You Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheati...

Страница 18: ...CPU is correctly installed the pins should be completely embedded into the socket and can not be seen Please note that any violation of the correct installation procedures may cause permanent damages...

Страница 19: ...tact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer 1 Detach the shield of the backplate s paster 2 Turn over the mainboard and install the backplate to the proper position 3...

Страница 20: ...on the top of the retention mechanism 7 Fasten down the lever 8 Make sure the safety hook completely clasps the fixed bolt of the retention mechanism Safety Hook Fixed Bolt Fixed Lever 9 Attach the CP...

Страница 21: ...for detailed dual channel DDR Other combination not listed below will function as single channel DDR Memory DIMM1 4 from bottom to top Introduction to DDR SDRAM DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM is similar t...

Страница 22: ...o the PURPLE slots while the GREEN slots are left empty This mainboard DO NOT support the memory module installed with more than 18 pieces of IC integrated circuit DIMM1 ChA DIMM2 Ch B DIMM3 ChA DIMM4...

Страница 23: ...on 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the socket 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DI...

Страница 24: ...ply To connect the SSI power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector JPWR...

Страница 25: ...dules Due to several pins are very sensitive to ESD so this kind of memory replacement actions might cause system chipset unable to boot Please follow the following solution to avoid this situation Un...

Страница 26: ...PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse Keyboard Data Mouse Keyboard data 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse KeyboardClock Mouse Keyboardclock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition Keyboard COM Port US...

Страница 27: ...ata Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive DataChannel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description Serial Port Connector The mainboard offers one 9 pin male DIN connector as the serial port The port is a 16550A high spe...

Страница 28: ...audio devices Mic is a connector for microphones However there is an advanced audio application provided by Creative CA0106 to offer support for 7 1 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio con...

Страница 29: ...P mode 13 1 14 25 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Busy...

Страница 30: ...r 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 mainbo...

Страница 31: ...setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive IDE1 IDE2 MSI Reminds You If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the sec...

Страница 32: ...terface ports Each supports serial ATA data rates of 300MB s Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device Please r...

Страница 33: ...inition PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 SPK 3 SLED 4 BUZ 5 PLED 6 BUZ 7 NC 8 SPK JFP2 Pin Definition 7 8 Power LED Speaker 1 2 JFP2 JFP1 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 The mainboard provides thr...

Страница 34: ...r 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5V used by analog audio circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right channel audio signal to front panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel 7 HP_ON Reserved forfuture...

Страница 35: ...94 pinheader in GREEN color D Bracket 2 Connector JDB1 The mainboard comes with a JDB1 connector for you to connect to D Bracket 2 D Bracket 2 is a USB Bracket that supports both USB1 1 2 0 spec It in...

Страница 36: ...l problems that fail the system such as VGA RAM or other failures This special feature is very useful for the overclocking users These users can use the feature to detect if there are any problems or...

Страница 37: ...sting RTC Real Time Clock Initializing Video Interface This will start detecting CPU clock checking type of video onboard Then detect and initialize the video adapter BIOS Sign On This will start show...

Страница 38: ...formance of a single graphics card To utilize this technology the two GPU cards must be connected by an SLI bridge card You can find an SLI switch card on the mainboard configured to non SLI mode by d...

Страница 39: ...our graphics card is Installed on the PCI_E1 slot b the SLI switch card is set to non SLI mode 3 If you intend to install TWO x16 graphics cards make sure that a these two graphics cards are of the sa...

Страница 40: ...SLI function for the onboard graphics cards concerning the details of multi GPU settings please refer to your graphics card manual 6 Restart your system and a pop up will show in the system tray confi...

Страница 41: ...of button Clear CMOS Button SW1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the system configuration data With the CMOS RAM the system can auto matically boot OS...

Страница 42: ...nce in video graphics multimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics PDF 166Kb infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the...

Страница 43: ...d pronounced I R Q are hard ware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A INT D pins as follows Order 1 O...

Страница 44: ...BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the description may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be held for refer...

Страница 45: ...Selecting the First Boot Device You are allowed to select the 1st boot device without entering the BIOS setup utility by pressing F11 When the same message as listed above appears on the screen press...

Страница 46: ...sub menu Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup progr...

Страница 47: ...s for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI H W Monitor Th...

Страница 48: ...lt values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for optimal performance of the mainboard BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set the password for BIOS Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS...

Страница 49: ...r Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None or Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper informatio...

Страница 50: ...tected at boot Available options are All Errors The system stops when any error is detected No Errors The system doesn t stop for any detected error All But Keyboard The system doesn t stop for a keyb...

Страница 51: ...nterrupt Controller Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide the system is able to run in APIC mode Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system Settings Enabled Disabled MP...

Страница 52: ...lows the system to try to boot from other device if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys...

Страница 53: ...3 10 MS 7100 ATX Mainboard Advanced Chipset Features SLI Broadcast Aperture Setting options Auto Disabled...

Страница 54: ...d nVidia MAC LAN ROM This setting is used to enable disable the nVidia MAC LAN ROM Setting options Enabled Disabled OnBoard IEEE1394 Controller This setting is used to enable disable the onboard IEEE...

Страница 55: ...ed in this field The settings are Enabled Disabled COM Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port The settings are 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto...

Страница 56: ...r port 0 278 IRQ5 Line Printer port 2 378 IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port ECP EPP Extended Capability Por...

Страница 57: ...ettings are Enabled Disabled SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 This item is used to enable or disable onchip SATA controller The settings are Enabled Disabled nVidiaRAID Config Press Enter to enter the sub menu...

Страница 58: ...in formation of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy The information stored in mem...

Страница 59: ...system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred Wake Up Event Activity Press Enter and the following sub menu appears Resume S3 by PS2 Keyboard Resume S3 by PS2 Mouse These fields allo...

Страница 60: ...y BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means abso lutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating...

Страница 61: ...e operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur After receiving the signal when the operating system is ready the system will interrupt itself and perform the service required by the I O...

Страница 62: ...tions Enabled Reset Disabled Smart CPU Fan Target There are 2 pairs of Temperature FAN Speed control System Temperature with System Fan and CPU Temperature with CPU Fan W83627THF provides the Smart Fa...

Страница 63: ...rent clocks of CPU DDR Read only DRAM Configuration Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears Timing Mode This field has the capacity to automatically detect all of the DRAM t...

Страница 64: ...nsition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Setting options Auto 2T 3T 4T 5T 6T 7T Row Precharge Time Trp When the Timing...

Страница 65: ...e DDR device Available settings Auto 1T 2T Refresh period Tref When the Timing Mode is set to Manual the field is adjustable Specifies the refresh rate of the DIMM requiring the most frequent refresh...

Страница 66: ...the performance Setting options Enabled Disabled Dynamic Overclocking Dynamic Overclocking Technology is the automatic overclocking function included in the MSITM s newly developed CoreCellTM Technol...

Страница 67: ...ions Disabled Down Spread PCIE Clock This item allows you to select the PCIE Bus clock frequency in MHz Select the number between 100 145 for needed frequency SSE SSE2 Instructions This setting disabl...

Страница 68: ...CPU running at the default VID which is detected by system Setting options are Startup 0 825V 0 850V 0 875V 1 550V CPU Voltage This feature allows you to trim the voltage of CPU Memory Voltage Adjust...

Страница 69: ...acturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults...

Страница 70: ...nd press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will show up confir...

Страница 71: ...les management and communication 802 11g WLAN settings Moreover with this unique utility you will be able to activate the MSI well known features Live Update and Core Center which makes it easier to u...

Страница 72: ...menu to make further configuration MSI Click on this button to link to MSI website http www msi com tw Quick Guide Click on this button and the quick guide of DigiCell will be displayed for you to re...

Страница 73: ...tem this icon will be lit up Click this blue icon to turn DigiCell into a MP3 player and then you can load media files from your MEGA STICK or the system and edit the preferred playlist Audio Speaker...

Страница 74: ...stic sub menu you can see the information status and note of each DigiCell You may double check the connection and installation of the item marked as gray You may also click on the Mail to MSI button...

Страница 75: ...your system Click on each item for details This icon indicates the information and connection status of onboard LAN which is read only The second icon indicates the wireless connection You may click t...

Страница 76: ...oc network is a local area network or other small network especially one with wireless or temporary plug in connections in which some of the network devices are part of the network only for the durati...

Страница 77: ...rnet in office usually the LAN card will automatically get the IP this computer uses In this case you don t have to enable this function SSID Means Service Set Identifier a unique name shared among al...

Страница 78: ...are selecting is encrypted WEP shown in the Encryption column the screen will display as below You need to enter the correct WEP key defined by AP in the specified WEP Key 1 4 fields to make the conn...

Страница 79: ...r on the screen Double click the MSI Live Update 3 icon and the following screen will appear Five buttons are placed on the left column of the screen Click the desired button to start the update proce...

Страница 80: ...the Play List field and use Delete button to remove the media file from the play list You may remove multi media files simultaneously by using Ctrl to select multi files Shuffle To play the media file...

Страница 81: ...ward rewind Right click on the MP3 file and choose Info a MP3 Info dialogue will pop up to show the information of the file including the title artist album release year and others You may also add yo...

Страница 82: ...install the Supplemental Language Support provided by Microsoft to solve this problem You need to have your Microsoft Setup CD prepared in the CD ROM The system will start to install the necessary com...

Страница 83: ...select the language you want to be supported the language of the filename in the MegaStick from the drop down list in the Language for non Unicode programs then click Apply The system will install th...

Страница 84: ...When the CPU temperature climbs up to a certain degree the speed of the system cooling fan will be risen automatically and on the other hand the speed of the system cooling fan will slow down instantl...

Страница 85: ...fan speeds are the minimum thresholds Center side User mode Auto mode Here you may adjust the CPU fan speed If you choose User mode you may adjust the CPU fan speed in 8 different modes from High Spee...

Страница 86: ...on Date Use the drop down list to select the date for power on Time Use the arrow keys to select the hour minute second for power on power off and restarting Then click Apply to save the changes As yo...

Страница 87: ...r Step 2 Click on OK to apply the setting Step 3 For specified file or specified website you may enter the file name with the complete path or the website link in the Parameters field Of course you ma...

Страница 88: ...eature It supports the following operating systems Win9X Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Default User Name It is only available for Windows 2000 Windows XP If you are using a computer belonging to...

Страница 89: ...ative Sound Blaster The mainboard is equipped with Creative CA0106 chip Creative CA0106 supports up to 8 channel SPDIF audio effect and allows the board to attach 2 4 6 or 8 speakers for better surrou...

Страница 90: ...y n 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each phone jack on the back panel when 2 Channel Mode is selected 1 Line In Side Surround Ou...

Страница 91: ...two speakers to the real chan nel Line Out connector 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Back Panel 1 Line In Side Surround Out Side channels but not function on this mode 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4...

Страница 92: ...to the rear channel and two speakers to the cen ter subwoofer channel Line Out connectors 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 3 1 2 6 4 5 7 1 Line In Side Surround Out Side channels but not function on this...

Страница 93: ...o the center subwoofer channel Line Out connectors and two speakers to the side channel Line Out connectors 8 Channel Analog Audio Output 3 1 2 6 4 5 7 1 Line In Side Surround Out Side channels 2 Line...

Страница 94: ...Pack4 or later before installing the driver And for Windows XP you must install Windows XP Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP envi...

Страница 95: ...er 3 Select the language that you needed from the scroll list 4 On the next page click Install to start the installation and follow the setup intructions to complete the installation 5 Finally you hav...

Страница 96: ...volume control audio icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen to activate the Creative Audio Configuration Or you can move the mouse to the top of screen and a Creative MediaS...

Страница 97: ...sic Mode or Advanced Mode button to switch between the two modes In Basic mode you can mix sounds from various audio input sources when playing or recording control volume In Advanced mode you can con...

Страница 98: ...in application to use for the following tasks Designating the number and configuration of speakers to use select the speakers type that you conneted Testing your speakers click on the Channel or Noise...

Страница 99: ...vice control and click the Decoder Tab and the screen will shown below 2 Left click the 4 5 1 Content Speaker Mapping Settings item and a screen will appear as below Then you can select the left surro...

Страница 100: ...up to 320 Kbps for MP3 160 Kbps for WMA burn personalized MP3 and audio CDs with a CD writer and print your own CD covers organize your digital music collection with a powerful easy to use music libra...

Страница 101: ...r computer beyond home theater quality immersing you in sound so vivid your imagination can almost see it Creative EAX Console consists of five sections Effects Karaoke CMSS 3D Clean up and Time Scali...

Страница 102: ...t you have to check the Enable Karaoke item to enable its configuraion maen Then you can create instant karaoke background music from any CD MP3 WMA or WAV file by suppressing the vocals You can also...

Страница 103: ...n you can select CMSS for multichannel audio enhancement on 4 4 1 5 1 6 1 or 7 1 speaker systems and CMSS 2 for movies MSI Reminds You For a 4 4 1 speaker system audio for your subwoofer is processed...

Страница 104: ...t up to catch the lyrics or play along with the music However varying the speed usually also varies the pitch of the song With the Time Scaling feature Sound Blaster Live 24 bit users can maintain the...

Страница 105: ...led Equalizer item to enable the configuraion mean Just select any one of the factory presets or adjust the boost or cut amount up to 12 dB for 10 preselected frequency bands You can also save the set...

Страница 106: ...is used by the world s leading businesses to the common PC desktop This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection For all levels RAID techniques o...

Страница 107: ...Drawbacks Hard Disks Fault Tolerance RAID 0 Non critical data requiring high performance High data throughput No fault tolerance multiple None RAID 1 Small databases or any other small capacity envir...

Страница 108: ...iver to copy and install the nForce RAID software Check p 6 9 for details 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to enable the IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave RAID S...

Страница 109: ...ree Disks and Array Disks lists In the example above 1 0 M means the hard drive is attached to Channel 1 Controller 0 and the drive is set to Master The following is a list of all possible combination...

Страница 110: ...32KB but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are ava...

Страница 111: ...e set up 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears 4 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then p...

Страница 112: ...e follow the instruction below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Ignore the Setup screen and use Explorer to browse the CD 3 Copy all th...

Страница 113: ...ructions on how to install Windows XP During the GUI portion of the install you might be prompted to click Yes to install the RAID driver Click Yes as many times as needed in order to finish the insta...

Страница 114: ...d This section describes how to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID software 1 Start the nForce Setup program to open...

Страница 115: ...ings Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management 2 Click Disk Management under the Storage section The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears 3...

Страница 116: ...nish The Computer Management window appears The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unalloc...

Страница 117: ...To view your RAID configuration from Windows launch the NVRAID Management utility by double clicking NvRaidMan exe the default location of NvRaidMan exe is in nVidia System CK8S Win2k XP IDE WinXP of...

Страница 118: ...tal disk space used is 111 80 GB NVRAID Striped Mirror Array The figure below shows an example of a four hard drive stripe mirrored array The total disk space used is 111 80 GB NVRAID Spanning JBOD Ar...

Страница 119: ...k will be automatically assigned to the mirrored array to be used instead of the failed disk Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array and that disk...

Страница 120: ...The drive appears under the Free Disk section Step 2 Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array While running NVRAIDMAN dedicate the free disk to an array using one of the following two methods Method 1 Sele...

Страница 121: ...location page appears 6 Click Finish As shown in figure below the ST380023AS drive is now a dedicated free disk in the mirrored array If a system crash occurs that causes any of the two ST360015A driv...

Страница 122: ...ant to assign a dedicated free disk The pop up menu appears 2 Select Designate Spare from the menu to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard 3 Click Next The Free Disk Selection page appears 4 From t...

Страница 123: ...ocation page appears 6 Click Finish You have now assigned a dedicated free disk to a mirrored array Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remov...

Страница 124: ...ray type or the array drives as shown in the figure below Then click Designate Spare to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard 2 Click Designate Spare and then follow the instructions in the Wizard T...

Страница 125: ...ard drives This only applies to RAID 1 array as well as a RAID 0 1 array Rebuilding Instructions After creating a mirrored array you can rebuild the array using the following steps 1 Go to Windows and...

Страница 126: ...Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears 6 Click Finish The array rebuilding starts after a few seconds and a small pop up message appears towards the bottom right corner of the scree...

Страница 127: ...1 and or RAID 0 1 Rebuilding does not apply to RAID 0 and JBOD arrays You Can Use Any Available Free Disk You can rebuild a mirrored array using any available Free Disk or Dedicated Disk For example t...

Страница 128: ...ality to enhance the industry s leading PCI to SATA host controller products Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer...

Страница 129: ...dundant data mapping technique While Striping is discussed as a RAID Set type it actually does not provide fault tolerance Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk RAID 1 Mirro...

Страница 130: ...ted Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the silicon BIOS After that press F10 to save the configuration and exit During boot up a screen similar to that below will appear for about 5 seconds Press...

Страница 131: ...allocated spare and unallocated physical drive attached to the SATA host adapter These operations are detailed in the pages that follow Help Window This window displays context sensitive help and sta...

Страница 132: ...ity and number of drives available It is best to carefully consider the long term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy appropriately Silicon Image has made the creation of RAID sets v...

Страница 133: ...ting a RAID set in the BIOS you can later go to the SATARaid GUI to create additional logical drives that fully utilize the capacity on all your hard drives Creating Spare Drive If there is a RAID 1 s...

Страница 134: ...lect Concatenation size with and keys 5 After the Concatenation size is set the message Are You Sure will display before completing the configuration Answer N to abort the creation of the Concatenatio...

Страница 135: ...ritten to the disk includes drive connec tion information including the channel on the host adapter to which it is connected If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID...

Страница 136: ...7 9 Silicon RAID Introduction 2 Select the Conflict entry in the Logical Drive Status window and press Enter 1 Select Resolve Conflicts and press Enter...

Страница 137: ...E Be aware of this when performing a conflict resolution To maintain the same drive lettering the SATA cables connected to the drives may need to be swapped or in the case of a SATA based removable d...

Страница 138: ...drive under Windows is usually sufficient to prepare the drive for use Logical Drive Information This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set RAID set R...

Страница 139: ...logical drive and it will not report the drive to the system BIOS When user selects to create a RAID set spare drive or Concatenation he or she has to select size for the set or drive BIOS will set a...

Страница 140: ...s your disks it will copy files to Windows installation folders and restart the system 2 The setup program will continue and finish the installation after restarting 3 Wait until Windows XP 2000 finis...

Страница 141: ...rovides a setup CD along with your mainboard which contains the required drivers for your system and many other use ful and powerful utility to bring you the best experience for your office profession...

Страница 142: ...ystem Driver This driver is only available for Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating system Please follow the following step to install the driver correctly 1 Click on the NVIDIA nForce4 System Driver...

Страница 143: ...s to install All the components shown here will be selected to be installed by default Then click Next 3 The system will start installing the selected driver components automatically 4 Then the follow...

Страница 144: ...eWare Network Access Manager It is a software firewall to protect the softwares from hacking However it is strongly suggested that you do not install this component Please follow the instruction below...

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