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Mainboard Series SL-85DRV User Manual V1.1

1. PS 2 K B underside ape E m pesses arcam USBI underside CN3 Aux ATX ZD1 VIA VT8753 P4X266 FLASH BIOS JPIS JP16 DGEIOEE Jp12 for RAID controller RAID IDE Jp18 VD Tech Connector Language Select Promise RAID Controller Optional features of Series SL 85DRV 85DRV 85DRV X 85DRV SSDRV X IDE RAID No Yes 13 Series SL 85DRV 1 3 Mainboard Specification Table Series 85DRV 85DRV 85DRV X 85DRV 85DRV xX Memory 7 Controller Hub VIA VT8753 P4x266 North Bridge ue VIA VT8233 South Bridge Controller Hub f 8 CPU Socket Socket PGA478B for Intel Pentium 4 478 pin package CPU Memory Supporting Registered 3GB or unbuffered 1 5GB DDR SDRAMs with 3 DDR DIMM Slots T O Chip ITE IT8705F Audio AC 97 Audio Codec Onboard IDE 2 x ATA 33 66 100 IDE ports AGP Interface AGP 4X Mode Onboard IDE RAID Controller 2xATA No Yes 33 66 100 RAID ports for 2 RAID disks T O Connectors 6 x USB ports 1 x FDD port 2 x COM ports 1x LPT port 1 IrDA 1 PS 2 Mouse 1 PS 2 K B PCI slot 6 PCI Master Slots CNR slot 1 x CNR slot Bilingual VD Tech II Voice diagnostic Tech No Yes IND x Hardware Monitoring Yes to all members BIOS writi
2. IDE3 E nara CNR slot Note 1 If modem CNR card is installed it must be set as primary mode 2 LAN CNR is not supported on this series of mainboards 3 If audio CNR card is installed and the on chip AC 97 is enabled at the same time the Audio CNR must be set as secondary 4 CNR card is not to be included in the package of this series 38 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 8 9 USB Ports and USB Headers Header USB 2 amp 3 This series of mainboards provides two USB ports USBO and USB1 on board supporting various USB devices In addition 2 USB headers are added on board to provide four additional USB ports by using two additional USB Cables User can order the additional USB cables from your mainboard dealers or venders When plugging the USB cable into Header USB2 3 user must make sure the red wire is connected to Pin 1 USB Ports USB 0 amp 1 HHE Additional USB Cable Optional USB Port VCC DO ycc DO White Black White Black DO GND DO GND USB Header Pin Assignment Header USB 2 amp 3 2 8 10 PS 2 Mouse And PS 2 Keyboard PIN 6 Void PIN 6 Void PIN 5 Mouse Clock PIN 5 Keyboard Clock PIN 4 Vcc PIN 4 Vcc PIN 3 GND PIN 3 GND PIN 2 Void PIN 2 Void PIN 1 Mouse Data PIN 1 Keyboard Data PS 2 MOUSE PS 2 KEYBOARD 39 Series SL 85DRV
3. CPU FAN Connector FANT yellow sensor System FAN Connector FANZ yellow sensor AGP FAN Connector FANS white no sensor Chassis FAN Connector FANA white no sensor CPU FAN FANI ooo SYSTEM FAN H FAN2 AGP FAN 000 FAN3 Chassis FAN o00 FAN4 ooo These fan connectors support CPU System AGP Chassis cooling fan with 12V When connecting the wire to FAN connectors users should make sure that the red wire is for the positive current and should be connected to pin 12V and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to pin GND If your mainboard has Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the monitoring function For fans with speed sensors each rotation of the fan blades will send out 2 electric pulses by which System Hardware Monitor will work out the fan rotation speed by counting the pulses NOTE 2 Yellow fan connectors are used on this series to mark that they support fan speed sensor function The other two white fan connectors do not support sensor function 31 Series SL 85DRV 2 8 2 WOL1 Wake On LAN Peano CN2 7g oun ee ele L OOOO Coder LLLOOONEI MI eaten TEFTfmenit CN3 Aux ATX GND 5V Standby PME EGET 1 FDC
4. f l Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults On Chip IDE channel The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with 0 1 support from two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or the second IDE interface Select Disabled to inactivate an inter face if you install a primary and or second add on IDE interface The choices Enabled Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The on board IDE drive supports IDE perfecting for faster drive accesses If the IDE device doesn t sup port perfecting set this field to Disabled The choices Enabled Disabled 71 Series SL 85DRV Primary Master Slave PIO Secondary Master Slave PIO Primary Master Slave UDMA Secondary Master Slave UDMA Choose Auto or Mode 0 4 The BIOS will detect the HDD mode type automatically when you choose Auto You need to set to a lower mode than Auto when your hard disk becomes unstable The choices Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Ultra DMA33 66 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it if the operating environment includes a DMA drive and if your sys tem software supports Ultra DMA33 66 100 Select Auto to enable BIOS support The choices Auto Disabled VIA ONCHIP PCI DEVICE e When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration CMOS Setup Utilit
5. fl 9 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 87 Series SL 85DRV CPU Vcore Select AGP Vcore Select DIMM Vcore Select Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK Spread Spetrum CPU Clock CPU Ratio This item allows you to adjust the CPU core Voltage Using higher CPU core Voltage may help CPU overclocking but may shorten the life of your processor It is strongly recommended that you leave this item at default Choices 1 100V 1 850V in 0 025 stepping This item allows you to adjust the AGP core Volt age so as to match with the higher voltage need such as CPU overclocking when the default 1 5V is considered not enough Choices 1 5V 1 8V in 0 1V stepping This item allows you to adjust the DIMM core Volt age so as to match with the higher voltage need suc
6. 2 9 IRQ Description IRQ Function Description Priority IRQ 0 System Timer 1 IRQ 1 Keyboard Controller 2 IRQ 2 Programmable Interrupt N A IRQ 3 Serial Port COM 2 11 IRQ 4 Serial Port COM 1 12 IRQ 5 Free 13 IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller 14 IRQ 7 Parallel Port LPT1 15 IRQ 8 Real Time Clock RTC 3 IRQ 9 Free 4 IRQ 10 Free 5 IRQ 11 Free 6 IRQ 12 PS 2 Mouse Port 7 IRQ 13 Coprocessor 8 IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel 9 IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel 10 e Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require IRQs System IRQs are available to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards e The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as Legacy ISA card requires you to configure the card s jumpers manually and then install itin any available slot on the ISA bus To see a map of your used and free IRQs in Windows 98 the Control Panel in My Computer contains a System icon which gives you a Device Manager tab Double Clicking on a specific hardware device gives you a Resources tab which shows the Interrupt number and address Double Clicking Computers to see all the interrupts and addresses for your system Make sure that each ISA device should be assigned to one IRQ respectively If ISA device share IRQ with any other device your computer will easily get into trouble 40 4
7. 46 Chapter 3 Software Setup 3 4 Proceed to HARDWARE MONITOR Installation 1 Following the installation of AC 97 driver you have to install Hardware Monitor manually Please click to the following path to execute Hardware Monitor installation D Hardwaremonitor ITE2 Install exe assuming that your CD ROM Drive is Drive D 2 In case you are already on the Installation Main Menu of the Support CD please click to the Install Hardware Monitor Instantly a message shows up to inform you of the correct path of installing Hardware Monitor Please Exit the message and follow the path as instructed For user who wants to install Hardware monitor utility please install it through this path D nardwaremonitor ITE2 install exe assuming that your CD ROM Drive is Drive D 3 Once you enter the path and click to the file Install exe Instantly the ITE SmartGuardian Install pops up Please click to Install to continue TTE Smart Guardian Install Welcome to ITE SmartGuardin Install program To install SmartGuardian on pour computer now click Install To exit without install SmartGuardian click Exit Your Platform is Window 95 98 this program will copy 2 files to your HD 1 ITESmart exe to C WINDOWS directory 2 _Unlnst exe to CAWINDOWS directory T Toere 4n automatically at startup 47 Series SL 85DRV 4 In a few seconds installation of Hardware Monitor is
8. Settings from the Start menu 2 Choose Controller Panel from the Settings menu 3 Double click on the SCSI Adapters icon which generates the SCSI Adapters dialog box 4 Choose Drivers and then press Add 5 In the Install Drivers dialog box press Have Disk 6 When the Install From Disk appears insert into Drive A the FastTrak100 Lite Driver diskette that you have made from support CD 7 Type A NT4 in the text box window then choose OK 8 When the Install Driver dialog box appears select Win NT Promise FastTrak100 Lite controller and then press OK 9 When the Select SCSI Adapter Option dialog box appears press Install 10 After a successful installation the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the Win NT Promise FastTrak100 Lite tm Controller driver has been installed 11 Power off your system 12 Now you can move the boot drive to the FastTrak100 LiteController 122 123 Chapter 5 RAID Controller MEMO SeriesSL 8SDRV APPENDICES Appendix 1 Identifying BIOS Version and BIOS Part Number Appendix 2 Identifying Mainboard Model Number Appendix 3 Technical Terms 124 APPENDIX Appendix 1 Identify BIOS Version amp BIOS Part Number e When you boot up your computer the first screen popping up will show you the BIOS version and BIOS part number identification as below Award Modu
9. 6 SOLTEK The Soul Of Comput nology Mainboard Series SL 85DRV User Manual V1 1 SL 85DRV SL 85DRV X SL 85DRV SL 85DRV X Series SL 85DRV Product Model Series SL 85DRV N OTI C E Manual Revision VII Release Date October 2001 Taras his Users Guide amp Technical Reference is to help system manu armi facturers and end users set up and install the mainboard Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate Soltek Computer Inc is not responsible for print ing or clerical errors Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on Soltek Computer Inc No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted translated into any language in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of Soltek Computer Inc Companies and products mentioned in this manual are for identifi cation purpose only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respec tive companies Soltek Computer Inc provides this manual as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall Soltek Computer Inc be liable for any loss or profits loss of business l
10. All disk array data are saved into the reserved sector on each array member Promise suggests that users record their disk array information for future reference Another feature of the FastTrak100 Lite disk array system is to recognize drive members event if drives are moved between different FastTrak100 Lite card connectors Since each drive s array data identifies itself to the array it is possible to move or swap drives without modifying the array setup This is valuable when adding drives or during a rebuild 5 2 12 Deleting An Array The Delete Array lt 4 gt Menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments This is not the same as deleting data from the drives themselves If you delete an array by accident and before it be used again the array can normally be recovered by defining the array iden tically as deleted array by Using Auto Setup WARNING Deleting an exiting disk array could result in its data loss Make sure to record all array information including the array type the disk members and stripe block size in case you wish to undo a deletion 110 Chapter 5 RAID Controller FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Delete Array Menu Array No RAID Mode TotalDrv Capacity MB Status Array 1 2 16126 Functional Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 Keys Available T Up l Down Esc Exit Del Delete 1 To delete an array highlight the Array you wish to delete and
11. Resource Controlled The Plug and Play Award BIOS can automatically By configure all the boot and Plug and Play compat ible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt re quest IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them IRQ RESOURCES Press Enter Please refer to the list below CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Resources IRQ 3 assigned to Device Item Help IRQ 4 assigned to Device Menu Level gt IRQ 5 assigned to Device IRQ 7 assigned to Device IRQ 9 assigned to Device IRQ 10 assigned to Device IRQ 11 assigned to Device IRQ 12 assigned to Device IRQ 14 assigned to Device IRQ 15 assigned to Device 42 lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 83 Series SL 85DRV PCI VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ for VGA Assign IRQ for USB PCI Latency Timer Clk This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA status and to modify the information delivered from the feature Connector of the VGA card to MPEG card This option can solve the display inversion to black after you have used MPEG card Select Enabled if you system has a VGA controller and you have one or more VGA devices connected If you are not using your system s VGA controller select Disabled to free the IRQ resource Select Enabled if you system has a USB controller and you have one or more U
12. Speaker Connector CONNECTION Connected to the case mounted Speaker FUNCTION To supply power to the case mounted Speaker 36 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 8 7 ATX Power Supply Connectors for Pentium 4 e ATX 2 03 Power supply connectors consists of 3 main connectors 1 Main ATX Power Connector 2 Aux Power Connector a 6 pin connector supporting 3 3V and 5V 3 12V Power Connector a 4 pin connector supporting 12V All these three connectors should be connected to an AC to DC Power Supply which supports ATX Power version 2 03 Main ATX POWER PIN1 Pin11 12V 5V 5SB 5V l iii ki PWR OK 5V GND GND 5V J GND GND GND zg 5V PS_ON a ge 2 GND GND a 3 3V 12V yea 3 3V 3 3V Pin 1 I GND li GND CDN IN GND jem 0 43 3V a O 3 3v Pin 6 IL 5V q Aux ATX re CNR ej m ad l H12V 3 T 4 12V GND1 2 GND ATX12V 37 Series SL 85DRV 2 8 8 Communication And Networking Riser Slot CNR This slot on this series of mainboards allows you to use modem or audio riser card only P572 Mouse CN2 on top FRKE Caderside SEQ on top TEifmdeiaj CN3 Aux ATX zD IDE2
13. Te Module Latch 20 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 3 2 To Remove a DIMM Press down the holding latches on both sides of socket and the module will be released from the DIMM socket 2 3 3 Indicator ZD1 DIMM Socket On An indicator ZD1 is designed on board Whenever system is started or is in STR status Suspend to RAM all the DIMM sockets on board will also get powered on with the set voltage resulting in ZD1 lighting up This ZD1 indicator is to warn users that whenever DIMM socket is powered no memory module should be removed from or added into it CN2 H4 je AEE Thate CN3 Aux ATX DDR DIMM Sock ets 184 pin DIMM Power On Indicator 21 Series SL 85DRV 2 4 AGP 4X Accelerated Graphics Port Card Installation The AGP 4X slot on board supports 4X 2X AGP card configuration User can install either a 4X or 2X AGP card mA l ae LI LI l l l v AGP 4X 2X SaM CN2 7a fair z ms ETT mdemide LID a e Tskiladnisy CN3 Aux ATX 22 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 5 HDD FDD Installation To install HDD Hard Disk Drive you may connect the connector of IDE cable to the primary IDE1 or secondary IDE2 connector on board and then connect the g
14. from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features VD Tech II Enabled Item Help Virus Warning Disabled Menu level 3 CPU LI amp L2 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppv Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppv Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Tvpematic Rate Setting Disabled x Tvpematic Rate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 video BIOS Shadows Enabled Small Logo EPA Show Disabled f gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 61 Series SL 85DRV 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items
15. Array Disk Capacity 38166 Keys Available T Up l Down s 7 Space Change Option ESC Exit Ctrl V Save 97 Series SL 85DRV 4 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 5 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to save and create the array 6 The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to anther Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 7 Press N for the Create Only option 8 Awindow will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any key to Reboot gt 9 Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new hard drive 10 Once the arrayed drives have been formatted proceed to Section 5 3 Installing Driver to install your operating system and FastTrak100 Lite driver 98 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 1 3 Creating Security Array With Existing Data Drive FastTrak100 Lite on board permits only two drives to be used for a single Mirroring Security array with FastBuild Utility Checkpoints before creating a Security Array 1 You may use a drive that is containing data or a bootable O S Then you will need another new drive of identical or larger storage capacity 2 Backup any necessary data before proceeding Failure to follow this accepted PC p
16. FastTrak100 Lite Controller with JP9 Configure the hard drive s for RAID Array power up the system and boot Windows The Update Device Drive Wizard will appear informing you that it has found a PCI Mass Storage Controller Insert the FastTrak100 Lite Driver diskette in drive A Type A WIN9x ME in the text box then click on Next Windows will inform you that it has found the Win95 98 Promise FastTrak100 Lite controller Click on Finish and when prompted to insert the FastTrak100 Lite Driver diskette click on OK 119 Series SL 85DRV 6 If a message informing you that the file Win95 98 Promise FastTrak100 Lite MPD cannot be found go to the Copy files from text box and type AAWIN9x ME 7 Choose Yes when asked whether you want to start your computer Be sure to remove the diskette from drive A 5 3 2 7 Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 98 95 To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Win 95 98 perform the following steps 1 Choose Settings from the Start menu 2 Choose Controller Panel and then double click on the System icon 3 Choose the Device Manager tab and click the in front of SCSI amp RAID controllers Win95 98 Promise FastTrak100 Lite controller should appear 5 3 3 DOS Windows 3 1x For first time installation follow the standard procedure
17. Hard Disk Type 3 Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select an option and press lt Enter gt Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in your system 4 You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing lt ESC gt 5 In the Main Menu SAVE AND EXIT SETUP saves your changes and reboots the system and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ignores your changes and exits the program 57 Series SL 85DRV 4 6 2 Standard CMOS Setup e Standard CMOS Setup records some basic system hardware configuration and sets the system clock and error handling You only need to modify the configuration values of this option if you want to change your system hard ware configuration or when the data stored in the CMOS memory gets lost or damaged Run the STANDARD CMOS SETUP as follows 1 Choose STANDARD CMOS SETUP from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Wed Aug 22 2001 Item Help Time hh mm ss 9 52 15 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Press Enter 13022 MB Change the date IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None month year and b IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None century b IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All but Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 65472K Total Memory 66112K t4 gt l
18. Series SL 85DRV 3 3 Proceed to AC 97 AUDIO DRIVER Installation 1 Following the installation of VIA 4in1 drivers you have to restart system so that your system can be reconfigured with VIA 4in1 When restarting procedures finish please open the Support CD with your CD ROM to enter the Main Installation Menu Then click to Install VIAAC 97 Audio Driver B f 3 When asked to install or remove 2 a cae e the audio driver please select nsta onle izara WIE pop Up Install and press Next button to to guide you to the VIA Audio d hi s continue Driver installation Press Next button to continue x Welcome to the VIA Audio Diet Setup Progam Setup program This program wil instal VIA Audio Driver Setup Program on pour computer Select Install or Uninstall ikkon Ea ES seis ii ab before running this Setup progre ee ares a ae a er ae a noate you have running Click Nest to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and UNE Tes Unauthorized reproduetio oF any portion of t may result es and wil be prosecuted to thel law Nest 3 Cancel lt Back f New _ Coos 4 After all these setup procedures have completed click to Finish button to exit the Installation program Setup Complete Boies E era yA A ae ea our computer Setup can launch the Read Me file ar pipe ti Soa Program Choose the options you war
19. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then run an antivirus program Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you disable the virus warning CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type up contain internal cache memory L1 and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory L2 When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for faster access by the CPU 62 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup CPU L2 Cache ECC When you select Enabled it will speed up memory Checking checking when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs The choices Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to Test run the power on self test POST A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally enable quick POST First Second Third The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from Other Boot D
20. load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 Lite controller Note If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified continue to step 7 From the Windows 2000 Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 installation 3 1 2 Installing Driver To Existing Windows 2000 System WARNING Your must first complete installing the driver before moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows 2000 operating system on to the FastTrak100 Lite controller e g IDE3 IDE4 On mainboard 85DRV IDE1 0 are for system IDE controller while IDE3 amp IDE4 are for RAID IDE controller At booting with Windows 2000 system and your hard drive s connected to IDE1 2 Windows 2000 setup will show a New Hardware Found dialog box Under Windows 2000 the PCI RAID Controller will be displayed 1 w In the dialog box choose Driver from disk provided by hardware manu facturer button In the A drive insert the FastTrak100 Lite driver diskette Type A WIN2000 in the text box Press Enter Choose Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 Lite Controller from the list that appears on screen then press the Enter key The Windows 2000 setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following m
21. Advanced Configuration and Power interface which is usually inte grated in such operating systems as Win 98se or Win 2000 e To enable the STR function you must first set up Jp16 and then enter BIOS Setup then Power management Setup to choose the item ACPI Suspend Type In this item choose S3 STR mode to enable Suspend to RAM function e With STR enabled you power off your system with Standby mode and you can reboot your system directly to the screen of power off without going through the reboot procedures Jp16 Suspend to RAM 1 KEEN 1 2 Disabled closed 1 oe Enabled d o q default 2 7 5 Jp11 Flash ROM Write Protection Select Jp11 is designed to support the Flash ROM write Protection function when you boot your system Setting Jp11 1 2 closed will protect your Flash ROM from virus attack every time you boot your system et Jp11 Flash ROM Write Protection EE 1 12 AAA closed Enabled O default I 10 23 ee closed Disabled d a E Saag 30 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 8 Other Connectors Configuration This section lists out all connectors configurations for users reference 2 8 1 On Board FAN Connectors FAN1 FAN2 FAN3
22. Audio Codec on board e AC 97 Audio codec supported by AC97 Link on chip VT8233 1 1 11 CNR Slot on board e CNR Slot on board for Modem Riser card or Audio Riser Card 1 1 12 Disk RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks On SL 85DRV and SL 85DRV X only e Promise FastTrak100 Lite RAID controller on board e Supporting striping RAID 0 and mirroring RAID 1 Disk Arrays e Supporting Ultra ATA 100 66 33 specification up to 100MB sec e Two RAID Connectors IDE3 and IDE4 on board compatible with Ultra ATA 100 66 33 and EIDE supporting up to 2 RAID disks 1 1 13 Voice Diagnostic Technology On SL 85DRV X and SL 85SD X only e A Voice Diagnostic Function is incorporated in Advanced BIOS Fea tures of the Award BIOS Setup as VD Tech II Function With this function enabled in Advanced BIOS Features it will voice out the prob lems or conflicts whenever user configures the components or boots up the PC system e The voice can be in Chinese or English depending on the setting of Jumper JP18 Changing the setting of JP18 will change the language of the voice 1 1 14 Form Factor e ATX form factor ATX spec version 2 03 compliant supported by one Main Power Connector one 12V Power Connector and one Aux Power Connector e Mainboard size 305mm x 245mm 12 Chapter 1 Specification 1 2 Series SL 85DRV Layout with Optional Features PS 2 Mouse CN2 on top A
23. Controller Configuration lt 6 gt menu selection allows you to enable or disable the halting function of FastTrak100 Lite BIOS the default if it detects an error on boot up You may also view the system resources Interrupt and I O port address of FastTrak s data channels FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Adapter Configuration Options Halt On Error Enable System Resources Configuration Channel 1 IDE1 Interrupt A I O Port FFFO Channel 2 IDE2 Interrupt A I O Port FFA8 Keys Available 7 Space Change Option Esc Exit 5 2 15 Halting FastTrak BIOS On Bootup Errors The Adapter Configuration Options section allows you to enable or disable FastTrak100 Lite to Halt operation at the BIOS startup screen should an error be detected This is the only option that can be changed on this screen 114 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 3 Installing Drivers This section details the FastTrak100 Lite driver installation for various op erating systems The driver should have been included either into the Sup port CD or into a Support Floppy Diskette Checkpoints for the driver installation 1 To install FastTrak100 Lite Driver for an operating system you must use the driver in Floppy Diskette instead of the one in CD If you are not provided with a Driver Diskette you should create one by copying the driver files through thesupport CD with the path E Driver Pr
24. First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled f 4 lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 70 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup VIA ONCHIP IDE DEVICE e When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip IDE ChannelO Enabled Item Help OnChip IDE Channeli Enabled Menu Level gt IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
25. IDEL IDE2 J4 ATX12V Wake On LAN Connect the Wakes IE On LAN signal from ess ER LAN card to JWOL1 WOL1 vit This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake On LAN output The connector powers up the system when it receives a wake up packet or signal through the LAN card This feature requires that Wake On LAN feature is enabled in the BIOS setting called Power Management Setup and that your system must be on ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power 32 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 8 3 CD ROM Audio Connector CD_IN1 CD_IN2 cN2 Te jn mamma EE Taini CN3 Aux ATX raees CD_IN1 CD ROM Audio Pin Assignment PIN NO CD_IN1 Left PIN 1 Channel PIN 2 GND PIN 3 GND Right PIN 4 Channel f f E F G PS 2 MOUSE PORT USB 0 PORT LPT1 PORT GAME MIDI PORT PS 2 KEYBOARD PORT USB 1 PORT HIMOO0ODDP 33 A TIQ COM1 PORT COM2 PORT LINE SPEAKER OUT LINE IN MICROPHONE INPUT Series SL 85DRV 2 8 5 Thermal Sensor Connector RT2 CN2 T4 HER Whi Thermal Sensor Connector a Oix i e RT2 R RMA OR CO
26. Incorrect setting will cause damage to your CPU The following topics are included in this chapter 2 1 Pentium 4 CPU Installation 2 2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation 2 3 Memory Installation 2 4 HDD FDD Installation 2 5 AGP 4X Accelerated Graphic Port Installation 2 6 ATX 2 03 Power Supply Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings for Devices on board 2 8 Other Connectors Configuration 17 Series SL 85DRV 2 1 CPU Pentium 4 Installation with Socket 478 This series of mainboards is built with CPU Socket 478 with 478 pins supporting the Intel Pentium 4 CPU e Follow the steps described in this section to install the 478 pin Pentium 4 CPU into the on board Socket 478 e After installation of Pentium 4 CPU you must also install the specific Pentium 4 CPU fan designed in tandem with this CPU This CPU Fan installation is described in next section 1 First pull sideways the lever of Socket 478 and then turn it up 90 so as to raise the upper layer of the socket from the lower platform 2 Configure Pin 1 of CPU to Pin 1 of the Socket just as the way shown in the diagram on the left Adjust the position of CPU until you can feel all CPU pins get into the socket with ease 3 Make sure that all CPU pins have completely entered the socket and then lower down the lever to lock up CPU to socket 3 U O gt B a f bu 18 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation Pentium 4 Fanbase CPU F
27. RAID Controller on your mainboard to make sure that you are using the right board 2 Locate the RAID Controller Select Jumper JP12 on board and make sure this Jumper is set at Pin 1 2 closed for enabling IDE RAID controller Please refer to the following Setup illustration of JP12 on board CN2 i mo monon On Board RAID Controller RAID Controller Select 1KEE o Enabled 1 2 default closed ie c 2 2 3 Disabled closed 94 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 1 Creating Your Disk Array To create your disk array you have to open the FastBuild Utility which should have already been built in your system BIOS through the Promise Controller You can create two types of array with the help of FastBuild Utility 1 An array for Performance in Striping type with 1 or 2 drives or called RAID 0 2 An array for Data Security in Mirroring type with 2 drives treated as one disk array or called RAID 1 WARNING To create a Security array using an existing hard drive backup any necessary data Failure to follow this could result in data loss 5 1 1 Creating An Array For Performance FastTrak100 Lite allows users to create striped arrays with 1 or 2 drives 1 Boot your system with FastTrak100 Lite Controller enabled by JP12 and your hard drive s connected to IDE3 IDE4 Su
28. components on board into account No matter what Host clock your CPU has any attempt to set your CPU to higher clock than the host one will get no guaranty of success Instead you are taking the risk of breaking the stability of your CPU as well as the mainboard 27 Series SL 85DRV 2 7 2 JBAT1 Clear CMOS When you have problem with rebooting your JBATI svstem vou can clear CMOS data and restore itto default value To clear CMOS with Jumper H 2 3 JBAT1 please follow the steps below 110 closed 1 Power off system 2 Set JBATI to Pin 2 3 closed To clear CMOS 3 After 2 or 3 seconds return the JBAT1 setting to Pin1 2 closed oj 1 2 closed 4 CMOS data are restored to default default Remember never clear CMOS when 1 To return to system power is on normal status 2 7 3 Jp12 RAID Controller Select On board SL 85DRV and SL 85DRV X only For the mainboards carrving Promise RAID controller JP12 at Pin1 2 closed is to enable the RAID functions so that users can start to in stall the RAID arrays and RAID drivers If JP12 is set at Pin2 3 closed the RAID controller is disabled CN2 Tz poo EERENEE RN 9 CN3 Aux ATX Jp12 RAID Controller Select 10 Enabled 1 2 default closed ICGR 2 3 Disabled closed
29. drive s you would need to FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive Also proceed to Installing Drivers section of this Chapter see Section 5 3 for system and FastTrak100 Driver setup 96 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 1 2 Creating A Security Mirror Array With New Drives FastTrak100 Lite on board permits only two drives to be used for a single Mirroring array with FastBuild Utility 1 Boot your system with FastTrak100 Lite Controller enabled by JP12 and your hard drive s connected to IDE3 IDE4 Suppose this is the first time to create a Disk Array The Promise BIOS on board with FastBuild Utility built in will scan the IDE devices and display the result as below FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version 1 xx Build xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved No array is defined Press lt Ctrl F gt to enter FastBuild tm Utility Or press lt ESC gt key to continue booting the system 2 Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to display the FastBuild tm Utility Main Menu 3 Press 1 to display the Auto Setup Menu below This is the fastest and easiest method to create your first array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application usage Desktop Array Setup Configuration Model i tetas tasted jade teehee Stripe Spare Drive 0 Drives used in Array en 1
30. error detection uses parity bit for each byte Normally it is even parity mode that is each time the memory data is updated parity bit will be adjusted to have even count 1 for each byte Next time when memory is read with odd number of 1 the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection PC 100 DIMM SDRAM DIMM that supports 1OOMHz CPU FSB bus clock PC 133 DIMM SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MHz CPU FSB bus clock PC 1600 or PC 2100 DDR SDRAM PC 1600 DDR SDRAM with a 64 bit data bus doubles the data transfer rate of PC100 SDRAM and hence provides data transfer bandwidth up to 100x64 8x2 1600MB s PC2100 DDR SDRAM doubles the data transfer rate of PC 133 and hence provides data transfer bandwidth up to 133x64 8x2 2100MB s PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus A high speed data channel for the internal connection of peripheral devices and the computer system through a PCI expansion card PnP Plug and Play The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system such as Windows 95 These registers are used by BIOS and operating system to configure system resource and prevent any 130 APPENDIX conflicts PnP BIOS or operating system will automatically allocate the IRQ DMA Memory Currently almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are already PnP compliant POST Power On Self Test The BIOS self test procedure after power on It is generally
31. of installing DOS on to your hard disk partition all hard drive with FDISK and format before performing the following procedure 1 Insert Disk 1 of your DOS installation diskettes into drive A 2 Type A SETUP at the A prompt 3 Continue with normal DOS installation procedure and refer to your DOS manual for additional details Note The FastTrak100 Lite BIOS supports both DOS and Windows 3 1x without software drivers installed 120 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 3 4 Windows NT4 0 5 3 4 1 Installing Drivers During Windows NT 4 0 wo Installation Connect your hard drive s for RAID Array to IDE3 IDE4 and enable FastTrak100 Lite Controller with JP12 Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk a Floppy install boot the system with the Windows NT installation diskettes b Other bootable Floppy boot from the bootable floppy and type WINNT B After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears c CD ROM disk install boot from the CD ROM disk and press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears When the Windows NT Setup windows is generated press S to specify an Additional Device s Press O to select Other and press the E
32. of power saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes This table describes each power management mode Max Saving Maximum power savings Only Available for SL CPUs Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode User Define Set each mode individually Select time out period in the section for each mode stated below A Minimum power savings Inactivitv period is 1 hour in Min Savin a g each mode except the hard drive HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode 77 Series SL 85DRV Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes Suspend gt Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode All Modes gt Off Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or Standby modes Video Off Method This determines the manner by which the monitor is V H SYNC Blank blanked This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only wr
33. press the Del key 2 The View Array Definition menu will appear see below showing which drives are assigned to this array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Delete Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe Block 64 KB Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment 1 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Y 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Y 3 Confirm yes to the follow warning message with the lt Ctrl Y gt key to continue array deletion Are you sure you want to delete this array Press Ctrl Y to Delete others to Abort 4 After deleting the array you should create a new array using Auto Setup 111 Series SL 85DRV 5 2 13 Rebuilding A Mirroring Arrav The Rebuild Array lt 5 gt Menu option is necessary for recovering from an error in a mirrored disk array You will receive an error message when booting your system from the FastTrak BIOS NOTE Drives MUST be replaced if they contain any physical errors Follow these steps BEFORE using the Rebuild Array menu option 1 On bootup the FastTrak100 Lite Startup BIOS will display an error message identifying which drive has failed 2 Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to enter FastBuild Main Menu 3 Select submenu Define Array lt 3 gt 4 Select the failed array and identify the Channel and ID of the failed drive 5 Power off and physically remove the failed drive 6 Replace
34. the drive with an identical model 7 Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu 8 Select the lt 5 gt Rebuild Array option The following screen will appear FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Ine Delete Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Critical Array 1 Array 1 Array 1 Keys Available P Up U Down Esc Exit Del Delete 9 Highlight the array whose Status is Critical 10 Press Enter The following screen will then appear see next page 112 Chapter 5 RAID Controller FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Ine Delete Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Status Array 2 Mirror 2 Critical Stripe Block Not Available Select Drive for Rebuild Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment 1 Slave QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Y Keys Available P Up i Down Esc Exit Del Delete 11 Under Select Drive for Rebuild highlight the replacement drive 12 Press Enter and confirm that the data will be copied on to the selected drive All data on the replacement drive will be written over with mirrored information from the array drive A progress bar will appear as below Please Wait While Duplicating The Image esa Complete 13 Once the rebuild process is complete user will be asked to reboot the system 113 Series SL 85DRV 5 2 14 Viewing Controller Settings The
35. the first or the second program shown on your monitor screen during system boot RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks A group of hard disks set up in PC system for data fault tolerance and better performance RAID is usually more used in servers than in personal computers Different level of RAID stands for different function and performance Level 0 provides data striping or spreading out blocks of files across multiple disks and so improvement of performance but no fault tolerance Level 1 provides disk mirroring and so data backup Level 3 provides a dedicated disk for error correction of data and so better performance and some fault tolerance RAS Row Address Strobe RAS is a technology that DRAM writes and reads to the Row addresses while a CAS Column Address Strobe signal is used to validate the column address The signals are generally sent CAS before RAS in Network field RAS stands for Remote Access Services RDRAM Rambus DRAM Rambus DRAM is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer of up to 1 6GHz It is import to know that RDRAM technology helps set up a system level improvement not just a component upgrade RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module RIMM is built with a 184 pin architecture module that supports RDRAM memory technology A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices SDRAM Synchronous DRAM SDRAM is one of the Dynamic Random Access Memory DRAM technol
36. to Chapter 5 of this manual to install your RAID drivers and disk arrays 49 Series SL 85DRV MEMO 50 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Chapter 4 BIOS Setup THE BIOS BIOS stands for Basic Input and Output System It was once called ROM BIOS when it was stored in a Read Only Memory ROM chip Now manufacturers would like to store BIOS in EEPROM which means Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory BIOS used in this series of mainboard is stored in EEPROM and is the first program to run when you turn on your computer BIOS performs the following functions 1 Initializing and testing hardware in your computer a process called POST for Power On Self Test 2 Loading and running your operating system 3 Helping your operating system and application programs manage your PC hardware by means of a set of routines called BIOS Run Time Service This Chapter includes the following topics 4 1 About BIOS Setup 4 2 To run BIOS Setup 4 3 About CMOS 4 4 The POST Power On Self Test 4 5 To upgrade BIOS 4 6 BIOS Setup 51 Series SL 85DRV 4 1 About BIOS Setup e BIOS setup is an interactive BIOS program that you need to run when 1 Changing the hardware of your system For example installing a new Hard Disk etc 2 Modifying the behavior of your computer For example changing the system time or date or turning special features on or off etc 3 Enhancing your computer s behavior For example speeding up per
37. you to adjust the AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system The choices Manual Auto AGP Driving Value This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force The choices Min 0000 Max 00FF 67 Series SL 85DRV AGP Fast Write This item will enable the AGP model into fast write mode If your graphics card does not support this function please do not enable this function AGP Master 1 ws Leave this field at default write AGP Master 1 ws Leave this field at default read CPU amp PCI BUS CONTROL e When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software CPU amp PCI Bus Control CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Item Help PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled Menu Level gt PCI Delay Transaction Enabled t4 lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU to PCI Write When this field is Enabled writes from the CPU to Buffer the PCI bus are buffered to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus When Disabled the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle The choices Enabled Disabled 68 C
38. 1 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MEMO Series SL 85DRV Chapter 3 Software Setup Drivers Utilities and Software Installation e Support CD This series of mainboards will always be shipped with a Support CD which contains those necessary driver files Application Softwares and some helpful utilities It is a user friendly auto run CD which will open itself up ina CD ROM automatically e Contents of Support CD For this series user will be able to find in the Support CD the following drivers and utilities supported by Chipset VIA Apollo P4X266 1 VIA 4 in 1 Drivers 2 AC 97 Drivers 3 Hardware Monitor Utility e Optional Floppy Diskette For SL 85DRV and SL 85DRV X a floppy diskette containing Prom ise RAID Drivers will also be added to the package for the IDE RAID setup This chapter is devoted to describing the installations of all these essential drivers and utilities on Windows 9X Windows ME and Windows 2000 The installation procedures for all these operating sistems are programed into an auto run mode What users have to do is read and follow the pop up instructions to carrv out the installation We therefore take the installation on Windows 98 as the general illustration herebv On occasion of RAID Drivers installation where different status of vour operating svstems re quires different installation procedures we also insert respective installa tion procedures for various operating svstems The prioritv of
39. 1 under the Optimize Array for setting 1 Performance RAID 0 Striping Supports the maximum performance The storage capacity equals the number of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array NOTE FastT rak100 Lite permits striped arrays of 1 or2 drives attached in Auto Setup mode 2 Security RAID 1 Mirroring Creates a mirrored or fault tolerant array for data security NOTE Under the Security setting Fastrak100 Lite permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array 5 2 4 2 Defining Typical Application Usage Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in order to optimize how FastTrak100 Lite handles data blocks to enhance performance Your choice will determine the block size used You may choose from A V Editing for audio video applications or any similar appli cation that requires large file transfers Server for numbers of small file transfers or Desktop a combination of large and small file sizes 105 Series SL 85DRV 5 2 5 Viewing Drive Assignments The View Drive Assignments lt 2 gt option in the Main Menu displays whether drives are assigned to a disk arrav or are unassigned Under the Assignment column drives are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as Free if unassigned Such Free drives can be used for a future array or used as a spare drive when a drive fails in a mirrored array Unassigned dr
40. 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 65 Series SL 85DRV DRAM CLOCK DRIVE CONTROL e When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software DRAM Clock Drive Control Current FSB Frequency Item Help Current DRAM Frequency Menu Level gt DRAM Clock By SPD DRAM Timing By SPD x SDRAM CAS Latency 2 x Bank interleave Disabled x Precharge to Active Trp 3T x Active to Precharge 6T x Active to CMD Trcd 3T x DRAM Burst Len 4 DRAM Command Rate 2T Command f 4 gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Current FSB DRAM Frequency DRAM Clock DRAM Timing DRAM Command Rate This item is to show the current FSB SDRAM Frequen
41. 23 O default 10 23 o closed Disabled E an E Jp16 Jp18 Jp15 Suspend to RAM aa II 1 CKEE 2 3 closed 1 EEO Language Select Default l 1 2 Disabled 1E Chinese x i iec closed 1 2 Jp15 is for engineering closed upgrade only user is not allowed to change 1 OE Enabled 1 EH English this default setting si G default Fe default 26 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup How to tackle with Jumpers e Do not remove the jumper when power is on Always make sure the power is off before changing any jumper settings Otherwise mainboard could be damaged e In the Jumper setting diagram all jumper pins covered with black marks stand for closed pins by jumper caps 2 7 1 Switch 1 CPU Clock Select This Series of mainboards are shipped to users with a 5 DIP Switch 1 by which user can select a CPU clock to match with the Pentium 4 proces sor selected on board So users are not recommended to take Switch 1 as a tool for overclocking It is saver and more advisable for users to select the CPU clock as close as possible to the one marked on the se lected CPU On amp a EEEn SW1 B CPU Clock Select Off 1234 OffOn On On Default CPU clock MHz Sl S2 S3 S4 100 default Off on on on 103 off on off on 107 on off off on 110 off off off on 133 on off on on Advice from our Engineering Team CPU Overclocking should always take all other
42. 4in1 Drivers to proceed 2 The VIA Service Pack InstallShield 3 VIA Service Pack README Wizard will pop up to guide you to the VIA Service pack installation Click Next button to continue Welcome to the VIA Service Pack Setup program This program will instal VIA Service Pack on your computer Itis strongly recommended that you ext all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and intemational treaties Unauthorized reproduction or or any portion of it may result in se 5 and will be prosecuted to the me 3 EES _ coca screen will appear please click the Yes button to agree with the Licence Agreement and continue VIA Service Pack 1 README Press PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of document VIA Service Pack VIA din 1 README TXT Update Technical Support Special Note WinFast AGP VGA users o a Clicking Yes means you have read and agreed d README Click No to decline and Exit Beck m 4 On the screen below check Normallv Install and click Next to continue If you check Quickly Install you will skip the detailed procedures of the VIA 4in1 Setup ini Setup Mode Option x Click to enable Normali or Quickly Instal Noma Install C Quickly Instal 44 _ Se
43. Bridge VT8233 to work with Intel Pentium 4 Processor for managing and arbitrating operations between all system interfaces 1 1 3 Memory 3 DDR DIMM 184 pin sockets on board for PC2100 1600 DDR SDRAMs supported by 2 5V default voltage DIMM voltage selectable in BIOS setup e VT8753 directly supporting pseudo synchronous SDRAM transfer rate 100 133MHz up to 1 5GB unbuffered DDR SDRAMs or 3GB registered DDR SDRAMs e Installation of mixed sizes of DDR SDRAM modules supported 1 1 4 AWARD BIOS V6 0 e Supporting Plug amp Play V1 0 e Flash Memory for easy upgrade e Supporting BIOS writing protection and Year 2000 compliant BIOS Setup supported Please see Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 1 1 5 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Interface AGP Controller is embedded on VT8753 supporting e 1 5V 4X 3 3V 2X power mode AGP voltage selectable in BIOS Setup e 2x 4x AD and SBA signalling AGP pipelined split transection long burst transfers up to 1GB sec e AGP v2 0 compliant 10 Chapter 1 Specification 1 1 6 Advanced system Power Management supporting e ACPI 1 0B compliant Advanced Configuration and Power Interface e APM V1 2 compliant Legacy power management e ACPI STR mode Suspend To RAM POS Power On Suspend and STD Suspend to Disk e PS 2 Keyboard amp Mouse power on Wake On Modem and Wake On LAN e Real time clock RTC with date alarm month alarm and century field e USB wake up Function 1 1 7 Multi O Fu
44. DIM1 DIM2 DIM3 28 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 7 4 Jp18 Voice Diagnostic Language Select On board SL 85DRV X and 85DRV X e A Voice Diagnostic Function is incorporated in Advanced BIOS Features of the Award BIOS Setup as VD Tech II Function With this function enabled in Advanced BIOS Features it will voice out the problems or conflicts whenever user configures the components or boots up the PC system e The voice can be in Chinese or English depending on the setting of Jumper JP18 Changing the setting of JP18 will change the language of the voice 1 The Processor might be damaged or not installed properly 2 The memory module might be damaged or not installed properly 3 The VGA card might be damaged or not installed properly 4 The IDE cable might be damaged or not installed properly 5 Please clear CMOS setting 6 System available 1 ARR as HERRERA 2 30 fie Bes te 48 FI BEJR ae Bk AR HT 3 FARO Be ee Be A aT 4 IDEHF x FI Reda BY As ta oF 5 G RERCMOSES XE 6 AME MID Jp18 VD Tech II Language Select 1 BR 1 2 Chinese closed 1 CEE English 2 aga default Series SL 85DRV 2 7 5 Jp16 Suspend to RAM STR Jp16 is designed to support the S3 mode Suspend to RAM of ACPI
45. Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 2 13044 Functional Note Bootable Array T Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select Space Change Boot Drive 2 Use the U Up i Down keys to highlight the array which you want to from boot 3 Press the Space bar 4 An asterisk will appear next to the array number indicating it as bootable The system will now recognize this array as the first array seen 5 The system will then use this bootable array as the fixed boot C drive NOTE The bootable array must contain your configured operating system 2 9 Creating a Hot Spare Drive for Mirroring Arrays a For automatic rebuilds of a mirroring array attach an extra spare drive to the FaskTrak100 Lite Drives that are not assigned to an array and are the same size or larger than the original will be used for the automatic rebuild This is performed in the background under all supported operating systems except DOS At a later time the system can be turned off and the failed drive can be physically removed 109 Series SL 85DRV 5 2 10 How FastTrak100 Lite Orders Arravs During startup the disk arravs on the FastTrak100 Lite are recognized in this order 1 The arrav set to bootable in the FastBuild M Setup and 2 the Array number i e Array O Array 1 This would involve determining which drive letters will be assigned to each disk array 5 2 11 How FastTrak100 Lite Saves Array Information
46. Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Y is for Yes and N is for No Pressing Y loads the BIOS Optimized default values to restore the BIOS to its original status 89 Series SL 85DRV 4 6 12 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD e These two options allow you to set your system passwords Normally the supervisor has a higher priority to change the CMOS setup option than the users The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and Users are as follows 1 Choose Change Password in the Main Menu and press lt Enter gt Then following message appears un Enter Password 2 The first time you run this option enter your password up to 8 characters and press lt Enter gt The screen does not display the entered characters 3 After you enter the password the following message appears prompting you to confirm the password AJ Confirm Password 4 Enter the same password exactly the same as you have just typed to confirm the password and press lt Enter gt 5 Move the cursor to Save amp Exit Setup to save the password 6 If you need to delete the password entered before choose the Supervi sor Password and press lt Enter gt It will delete the password that you have entered before 7 Move the cursor to Save amp Exit Setup to save the option you have just configured otherwise the old password will still be there the next time you t
47. M BIOS controls Input output devices and other hardware devices of the mainboard Generally operation system and drivers will access BIOS before accessing hardware devices so as to enhance the portability of the hardware devices Bus Master IDE DMA mode An IDE interface is an interface for mass storage devices in which the controller is integrated into the disk or CD ROM itself To reduce the workload of the CPU the bus master IDE device transfers data from to memory without interrupting CPU and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE device You need the bus master IDE driver and the bus master IDE HDD to support bus master IDE mode CAS Column Address Strobe CAS is a technology of DRAM writes and reads The number of clock cycles of the CAS signals is depending on the DRAM timing CNR Communication and Networking Riser CNR interface provides a cost reducing method of implementing LAN home networking DSL USB wireless audio and modem subsystems through a CNR card and a CNR connector CODEC Coder and Decoder Normally CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and vice versa It is part of AC 97 sound modem solution DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM DDR SDRAM essentially doubles the memory speed of SDRAMs without increasing the clock frequency DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module DIMM socket is built with a 168 pin assignment and supports 64 bit data DIM
48. M can be single or double sided The golden finger signals on each side of the module are different and that is why it is called Dual In Line Almost all DIMMs are made with SDRAM now which operate at 3 3V Some old DIMMs are made by FPM EDO and only operate at 5V 128 APPENDIX DMA Direct Memory Access Channel for communications between memory and surrounding devices ECC Error Checking and Correction The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double bit error and automatically correct single bit error while parity mode can only detect single bit error ECP Enhanced Communication Port ECP is a technology designed to improved I O for parallel ports EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP is a standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 500 kps for parallel printers EDO Extended Data Output Memory Unlike traditional FPM Fast Page Mode memory that tri states the memory output data to start the pre charge activity EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle which is similar to pipeline effect in reducing one clock state EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals but the interface technology is different Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM BIOS is now generally stored in EEPROM or Flash ROM EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM Traditional mainboard stores BIOS codes in EPROM which can only be erased by u
49. ON l POWER LED 6F Vee GND RESET SIGNAL Vee GND NO CONNECTION SPEAKER SIGNAL RESET swiTcH O Logic High 1 HDD LED SIGNAL B HDD LED SIGNAL ET B Logic High al 2nd HDD LED F SPEAKER Ist HDD LED 35 Series SL 85DRV 1 SMI Connector System Management Interrupt CONNECTION This 2 pin connector is connected to the case mounted Suspend Switch FUNCTION Manually placing the system into a Suspend mode or Green mode Power Switch Connector CONNECTION Connected to a momentary button or switch FUNCTION Manually switching the system between On and Soft Off Pressing the momentary button for more than 4 seconds will also turn the system off IR Connector Infrared Connector CONNECTION Connected to Connector IR on board FUNCTION Supporting wireless transmitting and receiving module on board 1st HDD LED Connector 2nd HDD LED Connector CONNECTION Connected to HDD LED FUNCTION To supply power to HDD LED Suspend LED Connector CONNECTION Connected to Suspend indicator FUNCTION To supply power to Suspend indicator Power LED Connector CONNECTION Connected to System Power LED FUNCTION To supply power to System Power LED Reset Switch Connector CONNECTION Connected to the case mounted Reset Switch FUNCTION To supply power to Reset Switch and support system reboot function
50. OR IDE2 IDEL a Connect to RT2 b Connect this thermal sensor to particular device whieh generates lots of heat such b as Hard Driver VGA chip etc When connected user could observe the temperature change from the BIOS a program me RT2 We provide a thermal cable in the mainboard package This thermal cable is to monitor device generating a lot of heat such as HDD Graphics card etc Please connect the end a of the thermal cable to mainboard RT2 header and tape another end b of thermal cable on to the device which you want to monitor After you have finished the thermal cable installation you will see the detected temperature in BIOS setup or Hardware monitor utility 34 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 8 6 Complex Header NJP1 This complex Header consists of 9 connectors providing various supports mPGA478B J4 ATX12V CN3 Aux ATX PS2 KB underside USBO on top J EST underside Psi Mouse on top GND SUSPEND LED SIGNAL SUSPEND LED GND SMI SMI SIGNAL Vec POWER switcH ATX POWER SWITCH u Vee NO CONNECTION 6 INFRARED IR INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL GND L INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL GND NO CONNECTI
51. SB devices connected If you are not using your system s USB controller select Disabled to free the IRQ resource This item is to set the PCI Latency clock Default is 32 Choices 0 255 84 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 8 SmartDoc Anti burn Shield PC Health status e This section helps you to get more information about your system including CPU temperature FAN speed and voltage It is recommended that you contact your mainboard supplier to get proper values about the setting of the CPU temperature Run the SMARTDOC ANTI BURN SHIELD as follows 1 Choose SMARTDOC ANTI BURN SHIELD from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software SmartDOC Anti Burn shield Shutdown Temperature Disabled Item Help CPU Vcore 0 Menu Level b DDR DIMM i 3 3V 2 5V 3 12V 4 5 6 7 12V 5V 5VSB Voltage Battery Temperature 1 Temperature 2 Temperature 3 Fan 1 Speed Fan 2 Speed f 4 gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session
52. a 52 4 2 To run BIOS Setup ccc ee ceeeeceesececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeecneeeeeeeeeeeees 52 4 3 About CMOS sis isa MA 52 4 4 The POST Power On Self Test 52 Series SL 85DRV 4 5 To upgrade BIOS ec nn rna AEEA anna 52 4 5 1 Before Upgrading BIOS L nee nar nn tna 52 4 5 2 Upgrade Process ie iaiaaeaia dea nn nn oaaae tn na 52 4 6 BIOS SETUP CMOS Setup Utility 0000ean 57 4 6 1 CMOS Setup Utility nn 57 4 6 2 Standard CMOS Setup 2 0 00 e nnenenznnennnnnnnnnnan mnn nnnnnn tna 58 4 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features sen enneennnnennnnn nn nnnn nn nn 61 4 6 4 Advanced Chipset Features e nneennnn nn nzerta 65 4 6 5 Integrated Peripherals 22 nee nanna 70 4 6 6 Power Management Setup bs en ennennnznznnnnnzznnzznzznnznnznna 76 4 6 7 PNP PCI Configuration nemes ent nna 82 4 6 8 SmartDoc Anti burn Shield PC Health status u 85 4 6 9 Frequency Voltage Control L neennnnenn nn nanna 87 4 6 10 Load Optimized Defaults ne 89 4 6 12 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD ena 90 4 6 13 SAVE EXIT SETUP scierie naai di s 91 4 6 14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Le nennnnnnn rna nnn anna 91 Chapter 5 RAID Controller sen nnnnnnnn anna anna nn 93 5 0 Before Creating Disk Array Lemna 94 5 1 Creating Your Disk Array eee nnnnnn nn n nanna 95 5 1 1 Creating An Array For Performance 95 5 1 2 Creating A Security Mirror Array With New Drives 97 5 1 3 Cre
53. abled IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ 7 LPT1 Enabled IRQ 8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ 9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ 10 Reserved Disabled IRQ 11 Reserved Disabled IRQ 12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ 13 Coprocessor Disabled IRQ 14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ 15 Reserved Disabled fl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IRQ Activity Monitor The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt Requests ing which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it sig nals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the op erating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service When set On activity will neither prevent the system from go ing into a power management mode nor awaken it 81 Series SL 85DRV 4 6 7 PNP PCI Configuration e PNP PCI CONFIGURATION allows you to modify the system s power saving functions Run the PNP PCI Configuration as follows 1 Choose PNP PCI CONFIGURATION from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level gt Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD x IRQ Resources Press E
54. ainboard Model Number 126 Appendix 3 Technical Terms nn 127 Series SL 85DRV ITEM CHECKUP OH HXRBBARBABA Mainboard Support CD Floppy diskette Optional RAID Drivers Bundled Bonus Pack CD Bundled Bonus Pack Manual Temperature Sensor Cable ATA66 100 IDE Cable FDD Cable User s Manual RS232 Cable Chapter 1 Specification Chapter 1 Specification Introduction This series of mainboards features an integration of the powerful pro cessor Intel Pentium 4 and the single chip North Bridge VIA P4X266 The Intel P4 processor is a rapid execution engine providing 400MHz quadpumped system bus to allow 3 2GB data transfer rates possible while VIA Apollo P4X266 North Bridge plus VT8233 South Bridge support Intel P4 processor to ex ecute the 400MHz FSB the AGP 4X external bus the LPC Super I O and the DDR SDRAM data transfer This chapter is to introduce to users every advanced function of this high performance integration Topics included in this chapter are 1 1 Mainboard Specifications 1 2 Mainboard Layout 1 3 Mainboard Specification Table 1 4 Chipset Diagram Series SL 85DRV 1 1 Mainboard Specifications 1 1 1 CPU Socket e CPU Socket 478B on board supporting Intel Pentium 4 and Northwood processors in the 478 pin package for 400MHz System Bus Hyper pipelined technology Advanced dynamic execution Advanced transfer cache 1 1 2 System Chipsets e North Bridge VT8753 P4X266 plus South
55. an Connector Connect to CPU FAN connector Press down 4 latches to lock fan to fanbase 19 Series SL 85DRV 2 3 Memory Installation How to tackle with the memory Modules e Make sure to unplug your power supply before adding or removing memory module Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your main board and the memory module e Pay attention to the orientation of the DIMM slots Forcing a DIMM ina socket improperly will damage the memory module and socket e Make sure you have the right type of memory module for your mainboard 2 3 1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module for this Series e This series of mainboards only supports up to 3GB registered DDR SDRAM or 1 5GB unbuffered DDR SDRAM with 3 DDR DIMM sockets on board Do not insert other type of modules into these sockets e DDR DIMM socket has 184 pins and one notch Insert a DDR SDRAM vertically into the 184 pin socket with the notch matching the one in the socket Press the Module down in a gradual way until it surely reaches the bottom and clicks straight up the two latches on the left and right of the socket Key Point Press the module down gradually until it has totally reached the socket bottom and clicked up both two socket latches completely If any one of the latches has not turned up completely you should unplug the module and press it down the socket a bit more firmly 184 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 2 5V F Voltage Key Pos
56. ass storage device Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 Lite controller The FastTrak100 Lite driver will now be copied on to the system and entered into the Windows 2000 driver database When the System Setting Change dialog box appears remove the floppy diskette and click on Yes to restart the system Windows 2000 will then restart for the driver installation to take effect 116 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 7 Power off your system then attach your hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite controller card e g IDE3 IDE4 5 3 1 3 Confirming Windows 2000 Installation 1 From Windows 2000 open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon Choose the Hardware tab then click the Device Manager tab Click the in front of SCSI amp RAID Controllers hardware type The driver Win2000 Promise FastTrak FastTrak100 Lite Controller should appear informing user that the controller driver is already installed 5 3 2 Windows 95 98 5 3 2 1 Installing Drivers During Windows 95 98 Installation The following three sections detail the installation of the FastTrak100 Lite drivers while installing Windows 95 98 with the FastTrak100 Lite controller card already in place If you re installing the FastTrak100 Lite drivers on a system with Windows 95 98 already installed see Installing Drivers with Existing Windows 95 98 5 3 2 2 Windows 98 1 NOOR WD Conn
57. ating Security Array With Existing Data Drive 99 5 2 Using FASTBUILDTM Configuration Utility 102 5 2 1 Viewing FastTrak100 Lite BIOS Screen en 102 5 2 2 Navigating the FastBuildTM Setup Menu scce 103 5 2 3 Using the Main Menu mnn nenennzznnnnnzznnennznnnnznznnznntnz 103 5 2 4 Creating Arrays Automatically ss eeennenennennnnnnnnnn 104 5 2 5 Viewing Drive Assignments 2 nn 106 5 2 6 View an Altay iii in eu nip die ini ni 106 5 2 7 Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive en 107 5 2 8 Making a FastTrak100 Lite Disk Array Bootable 108 5 2 9 Creating a Hot Spare Drive for Mirroring Arrays 109 Content 5 2 10 How FastTrak100 Lite Orders Arrays L eennnnen 110 5 2 11 How FastTrak100 Lite Saves Array Information 110 5 2 12 Deleting An Array Lane 110 5 2 13 Rebuilding A Mirroring Array Lena 112 5 2 14 Viewing Controller Settings seren 114 5 2 15 Halting FastTrak BIOS On Bootup Errors en 114 5 3 Installing Drivers 2 0 nn paei 115 5 3 1 For Windows 2000 u000 eee e nneennnnnnz nn nnnnr nn nnn rna 115 5 3 2 Windows 95 98 erarnan ir nanna nanna nn ann 117 52313 DOS WINdOWS 3 11 X staet et u g a ra el 120 5 3 4 Windows NTA O L ern nnnn nar nn nr nanna 121 APPENDICES i ie ke i seca ccecakccectestetictectstectesewecdeeets 124 Appendix 1 Identify BIOS Version amp BIOS Part Number 125 Appendix 2 Identify M
58. ation Model Stripe Spare Drive 0 Drives used in Array en 1 Array Disk Capacity 0 38166 Keys Available T Up J Down s 7 Space Change Option ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 4 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 5 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save your selection The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to anther Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 100 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 6 Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option The window below will appear asking you to select the Source drive to use Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Target Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Please Select A Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 TIUpILI ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 7 Use the arrow kevs to choose which drive contains the existing data to be copied FastBuild will copv all data from the Source drive to the Target drive 8 Press Ctrl Y keys to save selection and start duplication The following progress screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Create Only 9 Select Y to continue If you choose N you will return to step 4 10 Once complete the following screen will appear confir
59. complete Please click on the OK Dialog Box to finish installation ITE Smart Guardian Install H Congratulation install OK Leave SmartGuardian Install 5 To display the Hardware Monitor Utility just click on the ITE SMARTGUARDIAM icon in your program file and the following screen of Smartguardian Control Panel will show up displaying the information about system temperatures voltages and Fan speed Clicking to the Option menu of the Control Panel you can also change some Value settings for your system to optimize its performance 00000 48 Chapter 3 Software Setup 3 5 Install Driver for Promise RAID Controller Promise RAID Controller is built on SL 85DRV and SL 85DRV X Before installing the driver for Promise RAID Controller please check the following points 1 Set up Jumper Jp12 on board to enable Promise RAID Controller om mi H e ei Jp12 RAID Controller Select IBEJI Enabled AGP 4X 1 2 default Ft cise closed s i iac 3 2 3 Disabled closed a EEE J 2 Get ready the floppy diskette containing the FastTrak100 Lite Drivers for various Windows systems 3 The RAID Controller Drivers installation procedures will differ among different operating systems and situations Please refer
60. cy The value represents the performance parameters of the installed memory chips DRAM Do not change the value from the factory setting unless you install new memory that has a different performance rating When this item Enabled DRAM Timing is set by SPD SPD Serial Presence Detect is located on the memory modules BIOS reads information coded in SPD during system boot up The choices 1T Command 2T Command 66 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup AGP amp P2P BRIDGE CONTROL e When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software AGP amp P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size 64M Item Help AGP Mode 2X Menu Level gt AGP Driving Control Auto X AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled t4 gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults AGP Aperture Size Series of options are available 4 8 16 32 64 128 or 256 MB Memory mapped and graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture This area is like a linear buffer BIOS will automatically report the starting address of this buffer to the O S The default setting is 64MB AGP Mode This item allows you to select AGP Mode The choices 1x 2x 4x AGP Driving Control This item allows
61. drive 4 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to save selection and start duplication The following confirmation screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort 5 Select Y continue If you choose N you will be returned to step 1 6 Once Y is selected the following progress screen will appear The process will take a few minutes Please Wait While Duplicating The Image 10 Complete 7 Once mirroring is complete the following screen will appear confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any key to Reboot gt 5 2 8 Making a FastTrak100 Lite Disk Array Bootable WARNING n order for you to boot from an array on the FastTrak100 Lite your PC or server must be configured in the CMOS Setup to use the FastTrak100 Lite as a bootable device versus the on board controller or another add in card This option is not available if the FastTrak100 Lite is being used as a secondary controller 108 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 1 Once you have returned to the Define Array Menu window below you will see the array s you have created You now may use the menu to select which previously defined array will be used as the bootable array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total
62. driver installation should also be noted Users are recom mended to take the following installation order 3 1 Open Support CD and choose vour drivers 3 2 4 in 1 Drivers Installation 3 3 AC 97 Audio CODEC Drivers Installation 3 4 Hardware Monitor Utilitv Installation 3 5 Promise RAID Drivers Installation for SL 85DRV and SL 85DRV X only 42 Chapter 3 Software Setup 3 1 Open up the Suport CD and choose Drivers and Utilities 1 Please put the Support CD enclosed in your mainboard package into the CD ROM drive In a few seconds the Main Menu will automatic ally appear displaying the contents to be installed for this series Install VIA 4in1 Driver Install VIA AC 97 Audio Driver Install Hardware Monitor Utility Install Acrobat Reader Browse CD ROM Exit 2 In case your system does not open the Support CD automatically please click to the following path to enter the Main Installation Menu D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM Drive is Drive D 3 Users are recommended to install all the drivers and utilities at a time though they can be installed separately Also we should take VIA 4in1 Driver as first installation priority to optimize the VIA system From next section we provide detailed descriptions of all these installations with graphical illustrations 43 Series SL 85DRV 3 2 Proceed to VIA 4 IN 1 Drivers Installation 1 Following the procedures of opening the Support CD click to VIA
63. e 0K No Update B Write Fail Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen 55 Series SL 85DRV The parameters of AWDFLASH EXE sn No original BIOS backup py Program flash memory cc Clear CMOS data and update data automatically after pro gramming NOTE Users can type AWDFLASH to get further details about the parameters Incorrect usage of the parameter will damage the BIOS information so we strongly recommend user to leave parameters alone unless you fully understand their function 56 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 BIOS SETUP CMOS Setup Utility 4 6 1 CMOS Setup Utility e This Series of mainboards comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD Software Inc Enter the CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu by 1 Turn on or reboot your system After a series of diagnostic checks the following message will appear PRESS lt DEL gt TO ENTER SETUP 2 Press the lt DEL gt key and the main program screen will appear as follows CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software gt Standard CMOS Featuresa gt Frequency V ltage Control b Advanced BIOS Featuresa Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Featuresu Set Supervisor Password gt Integrated Peripheralsa Set User Password gt Power Management Setupa Save and Exit Setup gt PnP PCI Configurationsa Exit without Saving gt SmartDoc Anti Burn Shield Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS TL Select Item F102 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date
64. e 10 1 1 3 MOMORY cose a a A a eet ethene 10 1 1 4 AWARD BIOS V6 0 Lu nnnnnnnn nar nn nr nn nr ann 10 1 1 5 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Interface ece 10 1 1 6 Advanced system Power Management supporting 11 4 127 Multi V O FUNCHONS u sisa coset era ili 11 4 1 8 Expansion Slots iii ini ae e a eea a A 11 1 1 9 Hardware Monitor on board m eennenennznenmnnnnn mnn 12 1 1 10 AC 97 Audio Codec on board nenennnnnnnn nzerta 12 1 1 11 CNR Slot on board Lee nn nn nanna 12 1 1 12 Disk RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks 12 1 1 13 Voice Diagnostic Technology ceccceceeeeeteeeeeeeeeeteeeeeetees 12 421214 Form Factor ini acid aiid netics Ada eA Ge eee 12 1 2 Series SL 85DRV Layout with Optional Features 13 1 3 Mainboard Specification Table 14 1 4 Chipset System Block Diagram m ennennnn 15 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ccescceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 17 2 1 CPU Pentium 4 Installation with Socket 478 18 2 2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation s cess eeeeeneens 19 2 3 Memory Installation nn nn 20 2 3 1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module for this Series oo ees 20 2 3 2 To Remove a DIMM LL nee nnnnnnnn nn nnr rna nrn nn nn rr tn 21 2 3 3 Indicator ZD1 DIMM Socket On eee nnen nn nnnnni 21 2 4 AGP 4X Accelerated Graphics Port Card Installation 22 2 5 HDD FDD Installation nn 23 Content 2 6 ATX V 2 03 Power Suppl
65. ect your hard drive s for RAID Array to IDE3 IDE4 and enable FastTrak100 Lite Controller with JP12 Configure the hard drive s partition and format your hard driver s Install Windows 98 normally After installation go to Start menu and choose Settings Form the Settings menu choose Control Panel In the Controller Panel window double click on the System icon In the System window choose the Device Manager tab In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI RAID Controller Choose it and then press the Properties button Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window choose Update Driver and then press Next Choose Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now recommended then press Next 117 Series SL 85DRV 10 Choose Specify Location and then type A WIN95 98 in the text box 11 Insert the FastTrak100 Lite Driver diskette into the A drive 12 Press the Next button A message informing you that Windows 98 has found Win95 98 Promise FastTrak100 Lite tm Controller should appear 13 Press Next then Finish then Yes when asked if you want to restart B 1 NOOR WD 9 your computer Be sure to remove the diskette from drive A 3 2 3 Windows 95 Connect your hard drive s for RAID Array
66. em and remove the diskette from Drive A 118 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 3 2 4 Installing Drivers With Existing Windows 95 98 The following three sections detail the installation of the FastTrak100 Lite drivers on a system that has Windows 95 98 already installed If you re installing the FastTrak100 Lite drivers on a system during a Windows 95 98 installation see Installing Drivers During Windows 95 98 Installation 5 3 2 5 Windows 98 1 NOOA foe Connect your hard drive s for RAID Array to IDE3 IDE4 and enable FastTrak100 Lite Controller with JP12 Configure the hard drive s for RAID Array power up the system and boot Windows The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear informing you that it has found a PCI RAID Controller Check the Search for the best driver for your device box and click the Next button Check the Specify a Location box and click the Next button Type A WIN9x ME in the text box that appears Insert the FastTrak100 Lite Driver diskette in drive A Click on Next The Add New Hardware wizard will say it has found Win95 98 Promise FastTrak100 Lite Controller Click on Next and then on Finish Choose Yes when asked if you want to restart your computer Be sure to remove the diskette from drive A 5 3 2 6 Windows 95 ila w Connect your hard drive s for RAID Array to IDE3 IDE4 and enable
67. er FDC installing in the system board and you want to use it If you install add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The choices Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Select a logical COM port name and matching Port 1 Port 2 address for the first and second serial ports Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports 73 Series SL 85DRV UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address MIDI Port Address MIDI Port IRQ The second serial port on your system may offer a variety of infrared port modes Click here for a description of various modes Click your browser s Back button or your right mouse button to return to this page The choices Standard HPSIR ASKIR This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex function The choices Half Full This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I O address setting The choices 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Select an operating mode for the on board parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes Select a DMA channel for the port This item allows you to select the Game Port Address The choices Disabled 201 209 Select a DMA channel for the parallel p
68. evice the devices in the sequence selected in these items The choices Floppy LS ZIP HDD SCSI CDROM Disabled Swap Floppy Drive When enabled floppy drives A and B will be exchanging without any physical connection and modification on the cables Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 270KB 1 2MB and 1 44MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to disabled to save time Boot Up NumLock Toggle between On or Off to control the state of Status the NumLock key when the system boots If On the numeric keypad is in numeric mode If off the numeric keypad is in cursor control mode 63 Series SL 85DRV Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars I Sec Typematic Delay Msec Security Option OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Video BIOS Shadow Small Logo EPA Show When Disabled the following two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are irrelevant Keystroke repeats at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your system When Enabled you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic rate the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second C
69. formance by turning on shadowing or cache 4 2 To run BIOS Setup e First access BIOS setup menu by pressing lt DEL gt key after POST is complete before OS is loaded BIOS will then display the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP 4 3 About CMOS e CMOS is the memory maintained by a battery CMOS is used to store the BIOS settings you have selected in BIOS Setup CMOS also maintains the internal clock Every time you turn on your computer the BIOS Looks into CMOS for the settings you have selected and configures your computer accordingly If the battery runs out of power the CMOS data will be lost and POST will issue a CMOS invalid or CMOS checksum invalid message If this happens you have to replace the battery and do some proper settings in BIOS Setup 4 4 The POST Power On Self Test e POST is an acronym for Power On Self Test This program will test all things the BIOS does before the operating system is started Each of POST routines is assigned a POST code a unique number which is sent to I O port 080h before the routine is executed 52 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 5 To upgrade BIOS e System BIOS is incorporated into a Flash memory component Flash BIOS allows user to upgrade BIOS without the need to replace an EPROM component e The Upgrade Utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette to execute saving verifying and updating the system BIOS The Upgrade Utility can al
70. g you should type specific file name for your specific mainboard Step 5 Please press lt F1 gt or lt F10 gt to exit or reset your system Warning f the message Write Fail appears while Award FLASH MEMORY WRITER is verifying Flash memory just repeat the process Please DO NOT reset or turn off the system If the award memory flash utility is not able to update the BIOS successfully your system may not be able to boot up Step 6 You will need a message CMOS checksum error Default loaded during booting the system Press lt Del gt to run CMOS setup utility then reload LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS or Load Optimized Defaults and save this change The parameters of AWDFLASH EXE sn No original BIOS backup py Program flash memory cc Clear CMOS data and update data automatically after pro gramming Users can type AWDFLASH to get further details about the parameters Incorrect usage of the parameter will damage the BIOS information so we strongly recommend user to leave parameters alone unless you fully understand their 54 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup For 693 596 W977 2AGLGSNEC O DATE 08 02 2000 Flash Type Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen FLASH MEMORY WRITER V7 8 C Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved For 693 686A ZA6LGSNCC 0 DATE 07 11 2000 Flash Type WINBOND 49F002U 5U File Name to Program f uG bin Verifying Flash Memory 3FE OK f Writ
71. h as CPU overclocking when the default 2 5V is considered not enough Choices 2 5V 2 8V in 0 1v stepping To reduce the occurrence of electromagnetic inter ference EMI the BIOS detects the presence or absence of components in DIMM and PCI slots and turns off system clock generator pulses to empty slots When the system clock generator pulses the ex treme values of the pulse generate excess EMI Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme values from spikes to flat curves thus reducing EMI This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing criti cal devices such as a clock sensitive SCSI device This items allows users to adjust CPU frequency This item allows you to select the CPU ratio if CPU clock Ratio is locked the function will have no effect 88 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 10 Load Optimized Defaults e When you press lt Enter gt on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software gt Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control b Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password b Integrated Peripherals Set User Password gt Power Management Se gt PnP PCI Configuration EACK oE ETAN AEV ing gt SmartDoc Anti Burn Shige Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS T gt Select
72. hapter 4 BIOS Setup PCI Master 0 WS When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed Write with zero wait states The choices Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transac Leave this field at default tion Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB The choices 15M 16M Disabled System BIOS Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system Cacheable BIOS ROM at FOOOOh FFFFFh resulting in better system performance Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory RAM at AOOOOh AFFFFh resulting in better video performance However check your AGP manual to find out if any compatibility problem exists Delay Prior to Thermal This item is to set the delay time before the function of CPU Therm Throttling is to be executed Choices 4min 8min 16min default 32min 69 Series SL 85DRV 4 6 5 Integrated Peripherals e INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option allows you to get some informa tion inside your system when it is working Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as follows 1 Choose INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals gt VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Menu Level gt gt SuperlO Device Press Enter Init Display
73. hoices 250 500 750 1000 This option sets the time interval for displaying the first and the second characters If enabled the time interval is optional If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter setup The choices system setup Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your system Performance will be improved by copying Video BIOS to Shadow RAM Enable this item to display the EPA logo Environmental Protection Association on the boot up screen Default Disabled 64 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 4 Advanced Chipset Features e ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES is used to modify the values of chipset buffers These buffers control the system options Run the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES as follows 1 Choose ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES from the Main Menu and a list of option will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Colck Drive Control Press Enter Item Help AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter Menu Level gt gt CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min f L Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults
74. ites blanks to the video buffer DPMS Supports Select this option if you monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Elect ronics Standards to select video power management values MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system The choices 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWRBTN When Enabled turning the system off by pressing the on off button places the system in a very low power usage state State After Power This field lets you determine the state that your PC Failure returns to after a power failure The choices On Off Auto 78 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup IRQ EVENT ACTIVITY DETECT e When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Event Activity Detect VGA OFF Item Help LPT amp COM LPT COM Menu Level gt HDD amp FDD ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled x Date of Month 0 x Resume hh mm ss 000 gt IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter t4 2 lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults VGA When Enabled you can set the VGA awakens the system LPT amp COM Whe
75. ives are not accessible by the OS The menu also displays the data transfer mode that relates to speed used by each drive U5 refers to 100MB sec transfers U4 refers to 66MB sec transfers etc FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc View Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment Mode 1 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Array 1 U5 1 Slave QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Free U5 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Array 1 U5 Keys Available T Up 4 Down ESC Exit Mode U UDMA P PIO D DMA 5 2 6 View an Array The View Array lt 3 gt option from the Main Menu allows users to view the defined elements and RAID status that have already been defined by FastBuild Utility FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc View Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Totaldrv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 16126 Functional Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 2 Keys Available Note Bootable Array T Up 1 Down ESC Exit Enter Select Space Change Boot Drive 106 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 2 7 Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive FastTrak100 Lite will create a mirroring array using an existing system drive with data You must assign the existing drive and another drive of same or larger capacity to the Mirroring array The BIOS will send the existing data to the new blank drive WARNING e Backup any necessary data before
76. lar BIOS v6 68PGN fin Energy Star Ally Copyright C 1984 2881 Award Software Inc REV 12 1 Main Processor Memory Testing 130048K OK 1824K Shared Menory Press BEL to enter SETUP 62 26 2881 1815E 1TE8712 5AGBSRSNCC 88 Picture 1 1 BIOS Version example REV T2 1 2 BIOS ID String example 6 A69SRSNCC 125 SeriesSL 85DRV Appendix 2 Identify Mainboard Model Number e Usually the mainboard model number is labeled on the side of ISA side of slot or PCI slot Please see Picture 2 below as an illustration Sea eee orere Picture 2 The mainboard in this picture is taken as gf example only and may not be of the same model as yours l q SL 65KV2 r rr ka kola 1 Mainboard Model Number example SL 65KV2 2 Mainboard Serial Number example 0012000T005679 126 APPENDIX Appendix 3 Technical Terms AC 97 AC 97 is a device designed to include a digital processor for modem and an audio CODEC for analog I O These two parts are linked together by AC 97 link bus Putting the digital processor into the main system chipset will reduce the cost of sound modem onboard solution ACPI Advanced Configuration amp Power Interface ACPI is developed together by Intel Microsoft and Toshiba This interface provides a channel of management of the PC system and its hardware such as CPU and BIOS pushing the PC power management to a more advanced and user friendly level AGP Accelerated Graphic Port AGP i
77. lect the checkbox as below and click Next to continue MIVIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver AGP VxD Driver M IRQ Routing Miniport Driver M VIA Chipset Function s Registry Chapter 3 Software Setup 6 Select Install VIA ATAPI 7 Click on Click to enable DMA Vendor Support Driver Mode checkbox to enable DMA checkbox then click the Next function then click the Next button to continue button to continue ATAPI Vendor Support Driver 1 10 ATAPI Vendor Support Driver 1 10 Default IDE DMA Mode Control Instal Uninstall ATAPI Vendor Support Driver Install VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver Carel Per 8 Select Install VIA AGP VxD in 9 Select Install VIA IRQ Routing button to continue click the Next button to continue 4 A instal Uninstal IRQ Routing Miniport Driver Setup program willinstal uninstall AGP driver for you Install VIA IAG Routing Miniport Driver C Uninetall STRUT SURF Pintpont Driver ekwa Fe es stack Tie ee s 10 After all these setup procedures have finished you should restart your computer by clicking on Finish so as to put VIA 4in1 drivers into effect and proceed to second driver installation Setup has finished copying files to your computer ij Before you can use the program you must restart Windows or your computer Should restart system 45
78. lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 85 Series SL 85DRV Shutdown Tempera ture CPU Vcore DDR DIMM Voltage System Temperature CPU Temperature FAN 1 Speed This feature prevents your CPU from damage by over heat If the CPU s temperature is higher than CPU warning temperature that you select in this field the BIOS will shut down your system within 3 seconds Shows CPU core actual voltage value Shows DDR DIMM actual voltage value Shows power supply actual voltage value Shows current system temperature Shows current CPU temperature These fields display the current speed of the CPU fan if your computer contains a monitoring system 86 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 9 Frequency Voltage Control Run the FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL as following 1 Choose FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control CPU Vcore Select Default Item Help AGP Vcore Select 1 5V Menu Level gt DIMM Vcore Select 2 5V Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Clock 100MHz CPU Ratio X 8
79. ltra violet UV light If BIOS has to be updated you need to remove EPROM from mainboard clear data by UV light re program and then insert it back to socket FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array FC means Flip Chip while FC PGA is a new package of Intel for Pentium III CPU It is compatible with SKT370 socket but requires mainboard to add some signals on socket 370 Flash ROM Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility but it is also easier to be infected by virus Because of increase of new functions BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB 2M bit or more 129 SeriesSL 85DRV FSB Front Side Bus FSB is the data channel connecting the Processor to chipset RAM mainboard buses AGP socket etc Its speed is in terms of MHz and is talked to as FSB clock FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock CPU internal clock CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio IEEE 1394 IEEE 1394 is a low cost digital transfer interface with transfer rate at 100 200 or 400 Mbps It provides solutions of connecting digital television devices and Serial Bus Management There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer asynchronous and isochronous Isochronous data channels provide guaranteed data transport at a pre determined rate This is especially important for time critical multimedia data where just in time delivery eliminates the need for costly buffering Parity Bit The parity bit mode of
80. ming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any key to Reboot gt 11 Proceed to Section 5 3 Installing Driver to install the FastT rak100 Lite driver and or operating system 101 Series SL 85DRV 5 2 Using FASTBUILD Configuration Utility The FastBuild Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and configure the drive array on the Promise FastTrak100 Lite In this Section it is assumed you have already created an array in the previous Section and now wish to make a change to the array or view other status 5 2 1 Viewing FastTrak100 Lite BIOS Screen When you boot your system with the FastTrak100 Lite Controller en abled and drives connected to RAID IDE3 IDE4 the Promise BIOS on board will detect the drives attached and show the following screen FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version1 xx Build xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Scanning IDE drives If an array exists already the BIOS will display the following screen showing the Promise BIOS version and status of the array FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version1 xx Build xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved ID MODE SIZE TRACK MAPPING STATUS 1 2 0 Stripe 16126M 611 128 32 Functional Press lt Ctrl F gt to enter FastBuild tm Utility The array status consists of
81. n 5 1 Promise recommends this option for most users To view drives assigned to arrays see Viewing Drive Assignments in Section 5 2 5 To delete an array but not delete the data contained on the array select Deleting An Array in Section 5 2 12 To rebuild a mirroring array see Rebuilding an Array in Section 5 2 13 To view controller settings see Viewing Controller Configuration in Section 5 2 14 NOTE After configuring an array of new blank drive s using FastBuild you should FDISK and format the arrayed drive s in a way depending on the type of system you are using 103 Series SL 85DRV 5 2 4 Creating Arrays Automatically The Auto Setup lt 1 gt selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array It will assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating After making all selections use Ctrl Y to save selections FastBuild will automatically build the array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Option Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application usage AN Editing Auto Setup Option Menu Modena a Stripe Spare Drive Count en Drives used in Array Le 2 Array Disk Capacity s 16126 Keys Available Press 1 6 to Select Option ESC Exit 104 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 2 4 1 Optimize Array For Select whether you want Performance RAID 0 or Security RAID
82. n LPT amp COM is ON any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system HDD amp FDD When HDD 8 FDD is ON any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system PCI Master When PCI Master is ON any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system 79 Series SL 85DRV PowerOn by PCI Card Modem Ring Resume RTC Alarm Resume Date of Month Resume Time hh mm ss This item allows svstem wake up bv PCI Device An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI Line in other words an incoming call on the modem Awakens the svstem from a soft off state When Enabled vou can set the data and time at which the RTC Real Time Clock alarm awakens the svstem from suspend mode The choices Disabled default Enabled Set a certain date when RTC Alarm Resume option is Enabled to awaken the svstem This option is concurrent with Resume Time option Set a certain time when RTC Alarm Resume option is Enabled to awaken the svstem This option is concurrent with Date option 80 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup IRQ ACTIVITY MONITORING e When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Activity Monitoring Primary INTR ON Item Help IRQ 3 COM2 Enabled Menu Level gt IRQ 4 COM1 Enabled IRQ 5 LPT2 En
83. nctions e PCI EIDE Controller supporting 2x Ultra ATA100 66 33 IDE Connectors supporting up to 4 IDE devices e Promise RAID IDE Controller Supporting other two Ultra ATA 100 66 33 IDE Connectors up to 2 RAID disks on SL 85DRV and SL 85DRV X only Dedicated IR Functions Third serial port dedicated to IR function either through the two complete serial ports or the third dedicated port Infrared IrDA HPSIR and ASK Amplitude Shift Keyed IR Multi mode parallel Data transfer Standard mode ECP and EPP support e Floppy Disk connector One FDD connector with drive swap support Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode USB V1 1 compliant 2 built in USB connectors and two USB Headers USB2 USB3 which re quire two optional USB cables to provide 4 more optional USB ports e PS 2 Keyboard e PS 2 Mouse e UARTs Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter Two complete Serial Ports COM1 amp COM2 on board 1 1 8 Expansion Slots e Six PCI bus Master slots e One AGP 4x 2X slot e One CNR slot supporting Modem Audio Riser only e Three DDR DIMM slots 11 Series SL 85DRV 1 1 9 Hardware Monitor on board e Programmable control status to provide monitoring and alarm for flex ible desktop management of hardware temperatures Utilitv Software is enclosed in Support CD to help displav monitoring statuses of 9 voltages 2 types of hardware temperatures 2 Fan speeds 1 1 10 AC 97
84. ng Protection Yes to all members Keyboard power bii nie Xes to all members USB wake up Function SCR Interface Yes to all members 14 Chapter 1 Specification 1 4 Chipset System Block Diagram with respect to Series SL 85DRV Intel Pentium 4 CPU 478 pin package 400MHz 100MHz QDR FSB VT8753 P4x266 PC2100 1600 DDR Memory Bus Single chip North Bridge 664 pin PBGA AGP AGP 2X 4X Bus Slot 66MHz QDR 8Bit V Link PCI Slots CNR Slot SMBuse PCI Bus Modem Codec VT8233 Game Port Serial IR V Link LPC Parallel gt Super I O arane ATA33 66 100 Client South Floppy Disk AC 97 Codec 376 pin PBGA PS 2 keyboard H W Monitor 6x USB PS 2 Mouse Intel Pentium 4 VIA VT8753 VT8233 Diagram 15 Series SL 85DRV MEMO 16 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup Chapter 2 Hardware Setup To Get things ready for Hardware setup 1 We recommend to install your CPU before any other components For detailed installation instructions of processor you can also refer to the pamphlet enclosed in your CPU package 2 Installing a cooling fan with a good heatsink is a must for proper heat dissipation for your CPU Get ready an appropriate fan with heatsink for proper installation Improper fan and installation will damage your CPU 3 In case CPU Vcore CPU clock or Frequency Ratio is adjustable on board please follow the instructions described in the User manual for proper setup
85. nter key Insert into drive A the Promise Technology FastTrak100 Lite driver diskette that you have made from the support CD and press Enter key Choose Win NT Promise FastTrak100 Lite tm Controller from the list that appears on screen then press the Enter key The Windows NT Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Win NT Promise FastTrak100 Lite tm controller Note Ifyou need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified continue to step 7 From the Windows NT Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows NT installation After a successful installation the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the Win NT Promise FastTrak100 Lite tm Controller driver has been installed 121 Series SL 85DRV 5 3 4 2 Installing Drivers With Existing Windows NT4 0 WARNING Your must first complete installing the driver before moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows 2000 operating system on to the FastTrak100 Lite controller e g IDE3 IDE4 On mainboard 85DRV IDE1 0 are for system IDE controller while IDE3 amp IDE4 are for RAID IDE controller With your bootable hare drive connected to IDE1 IDE2 and FastTrak100 Lite enabled by JP12 boot Win NT4 0 1 Choose
86. nter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled PCI Latency Timer Clk 32 t4 2 lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 82 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware e g Windows95 NOTE BIOS will automatically disable all PnP resources except the boot device card when you select Yes on Non PnP operating system Reset Configuration Normally you leave this Disabled Select Enabled Data to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot
87. o D Fix Main ATX Power 20 pin Aux ATX Connector 6 pin ATX 12V Connector 4 pin 12V Power Connector Aux Power Connector i Main Power p m Connector AC to DC Power Supplv Intel Pentium 4 requires ATX V2 03 Power Supply To set up ATX2 03 Power Supply on this series 3 ATX power connectors are needed 1 Main ATX Power Connector to Main Power DC output of Power Supply 2 Aux ATX Connector to Aux Power DC output of Power Supply 3 ATX 12V Connector to 12V DC output of Power Supply 25 Series SL 85DRV 2 7 Jumper and Switch Settings The following diagrams show the locations and settings of jumper blocks on the mainboard SW1 WW CPU Clock Select JBATI 1234 OffOn On On Default H 2 3 nek g1 f s2 s3 s4 jlo closed dun off on on on To clear CMOS 103 off on off on o 1 2 closed 107 on ff off on 2 default 110 off off off on A To return to 133 on off on on normal status Jp12 RAID Controller Select IG EJD Enabled l 2 default closed 10H 2 3 Disabled closed Jp11 Flash ROM Write Protection Ig 4 closed Enabled T
88. ogies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host clock EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal SDRAM comes in 64 bit 168 pin DIMM and operates at 3 3V 131 SeriesSL 85DRV SIMM Single In Line Memory Module SIMM socket is only 72 pin and is only single side The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical That is why it is called Single In Line SIMM is made of FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32 bit data SIMM is phased out in current mainboard design SPD Serial Presence Detect SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM Memory module information such as DRAM timing and chip parameters can be stored into SPD so that BIOS can access it and use it to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver transmitter UART is built in a chip that controls the data sent to and received from a serial port A 16550 UART is now standard in most PCs and supports modem speed up to 57 600 bps and beyond and direct connect speed of 115 200 bps Many UARTs have built in errors in the internal code and just do not work correctly with many external modems UART is also found as the serial interface on internal modem Ultra DMA Ultra DMA or more accurately Ultra DMA 33 is a protocol for transferring data at 33 3MB s between a hard disk drive through the computer s data path or bus to the computer s random access memory RAM The transfer data is t
89. omise FastTrak100 Lite Suppose that CD ROM title is E 2 Set JP9 on board enabled Pin 1 2 closed for RAID Controller Select The following sections describe the detailed procedures of installing FastTrak 100 Lite Driver for windows 2000 Windows 95 98 Windows NT4 0 and Windows 3 1 DOS 5 3 1 For Windows 2000 5 3 1 1 Installing Driver During New Windows 2000 Installation 1 Connect your hard driver s for RAID Array to IDE3 IDE4 and enable FastTrak100 Lite Controller with JP12 1a Bootable floppy Boot from bootable floppy and type WINNT After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot press lt F6 gt after the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears 1b CD ROM Install Boot from the windows 2000 CD Press lt F6 gt after the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows 2000 Setup window is generated Press S to Specify an Additional Device s Press O to select Other and press the Enter key 4 Insert into drive A the Promise Technology driver diskette that you have made from your support CD and press Enter key 5 Choose Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 Lite Controller from the list that appears on screen then press the Enter key wo 115 Series SL 85DRV 6 7 B The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will
90. ort for use during ECP mode The choices Disabled 330 300 This item allows you to select the MIDI Port IRQ The choices 5 10 74 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any other display device on the system Thus the AGP display becomes the primary display OnChip USB Control Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal ler Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals USB Keyboard Sup Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal port Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support The choices Enabled Disabled 75 Series SL 85DRV 4 6 6 Power Management Setup es POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP allows you to set the system s power saving functions Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as follows 1 Choose POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Menu Level gt Power Management Option User Define HDD Power Down Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Video Off Option S
91. oss of use or data interruption of business or for indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even if Soltek Computer Inc has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Copyright 2001 Soltek Computer Inc All Rights Reserved e Intel Pentium 4 and Northwood are trademarks of Intel Corporation e VIA VIA Apollo P4X266 and VT8233 are trademarks of VIA Technologies Inc Series SL 85DRV SOLTEK AROUND THE WORLD SOLTEK COMPUTER INC Address 7F No 306 3 Ta Tung Rd Sec 1 Hsi Chih Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Telephone 886 2 2642 9060 Fax 886 2 2642 9065 E mail sales soltek com tw Web site http www soltek com tw SOUL TECHNOLOGY EUROPE B V Address Hongkongstraat 55 3047 BP Rotterdam The Neth erlands Telephone 31 10 2457492 Fax 31 10 2457493 E mail sales soultech europe com Web site http www soultech europe com SOLTEK KOREA INC Address 1002 Chung Jin Bldg 53 5 Wonhyo Ro 3 Ka Yongsan Ku Seoul 140 113 Korea Telephone 82 2 32717400 Fax 82 2 32717405 E mail soltek nuri net Series SL 85DRV CONTENT ITEM CHECKUP ssssssssnnnnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna S Chapter 1 Specification ss 9 1 1 Mainboard Specifications 0ssssesesenenenzznnnnnzznnnnnzznnnnnnnna 10 1 1 1 GPU SOCKEt iii iii aa healed A eden anette eee ae 10 1 1 2 System Chipsets e
92. ppose this is the first time to create a Disk Array The Promise BIOS on board with FastBuild Utility built in will scan the IDE devices and display the result as below FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version 1 xx Build xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved No array is defined Press lt Ctrl F gt to enter FastBuild tm Utility Or press lt ESC gt key to continue booting the system 2 Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to display the FastBuild tm Utility Main Menu 95 Series SL 85DRV 3 N 9 Using Spacebar choose Performance under Optimize Array for Press 1 to display the Auto Setup Menu below This is the fastest and easiest method to create your first array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application usage Desktop Array Setup Configuration Mode n e aa Stripe Spare DVE aaaea apan eE E er ae EEEE nE 0 Drives used in Array en 1 Array Disk Capacity 0 38166 Keys Available 1T Up 1 Down lt Space Change Option ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save section Select how you will use your PC under the Typical Application usage section The choices are A V Editing Server and Desktop the default Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to save and create the array Reboot your system Once the array has been created on new
93. proceeding Failure to follow this practice will result in data loss e If you wish to include your current bootable drive using Windows NT 4 x or Window 2000 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your FastTrak100 Lite do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite Controller yet You MUST install the drive of Fast Trak100 Lite Controller first see Section 5 3 to this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller For all other Operating System proceed like here 1 After assigning the drives to a Mirroring array press lt Ctrl Y gt key to save your selection The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to anther Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 2 Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option The window below will appear asking you to select the Source drive to use FastBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the Target drive Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Target Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Please Select A Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 TIUpILI ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 107 Series SL 85DRV 3 Use the arrow keys to choose which drive containing the existing data to be copied WARNING Al target drive data will be erased Make sure you choose the correct
94. ractice could result in data loss 3 If you wish to include your current bootable drive holding Window NT 4 x or Windows 2000 O S as part of a bootable Mirroring RAID 1 array on your FastTrak100 Lite controller you SHOULD first install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software to this drive while it is still attached to your system hard drive controller e g IDE1 IDE2 For all other Operating Systems except Win NT4 0 and 2000 you can proceed with your hard driver s connected to IDE3 DIE4 1 Boot your system with FastTrak100 Lite Controller enabled by JP12 and your hard drive s connected to IDE3 IDE4 Suppose this is the first time to create a Disk Array The Promise BIOS on board with FastBuild Utility built in will scan the IDE devices and display the result as below FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version 1 xx Build xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved No array is defined Press lt Ctrl F gt to enter FastBuild tm Utility Or press lt ESC gt key to continue booting the system 2 Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to display the FastBuild tm Utility Main Menu 99 Series SL 85DRV 3 Press 1 to display the Auto Setup Menu below This is the fastest and easiest method to create your first array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application usage Desktop Array Setup Configur
95. ray connector to your slave device and the black connector to your master device If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers correctly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings fates CN2 Te a H m e Hard Disk Drive Connector Orient the red line on the IDE ribbon cable to Pin1 IDE2 IDE1 1 2 VIA 2 EEI VT8753 H ii P4X266 a am FALE AGP ux BE if f ma 1 to Red Line Pin 1 to Red Line IDE3 and IDEA are for IDE Black connector 01 red line K Blue connector IDE Cable 23 Series SL 85DRV To install FDD Floppy Disk Drive you should connect the end of cable with single connector to the board and connect the other end with two plugs to the floppy drives CN2 i mmmn ma lm mia ma ma CN3 Aux ATX FDC Pin 1 to Red Line Floppy Disk Drive Connector yrs Orient the red line on the floppy ribbon cable to Pin1 IDE3 ma I 2 To 2nd Floppy Drive j if Ka kl To mainboard To 1st Floppv Drive FDD Cable 24 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 6 ATX V 2 03 Power Supply Installation N oo d mu
96. recomp 0 Landing Zone 25231 Sector 63 f L lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 59 Series SL 85DRV Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Select this field to the type s of floppy disk drive s installed in your system The choices are 360KB 5 25in 1 2MB 5 25in 720KB 3 5in 1 44MB 3 5in 2 88MB 3 5in None Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do not select it in setup During the power on self test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process Typically 640KB Also called conventional memory The DOS operating system and conventional appli cations use this area Above the 1MB boundary Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1MB but current PCs and their software can use extended memory This option shows system memory capacity 60 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features e ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES improves your system performance or sets up system features according to your preference Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as follows 1 Choose ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES
97. s a bus interface targeted for high performance 3D graphics AGP takes advantage of both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock For 2X AGP the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s AGP 4X mode is 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s AMR Audio Modem Riser AMR is an interface to connect the CODEC circuit of AC 97 sound modem solution to the mainboard through an AMR card and an AMR connector APM Advanced Power Management APM is developed by Intel and Microsoft intending for PC power management through the system BIOS Through APM the PC power consumption can be reduced to 5W or lower ATA AT Attachment ATA 66 ATA 100 ATA is the specification of disk drive interface that integrates the controller on the disk drive itself with the IDE technology ATA 66 uses both rising edge and falling edge to provide a data transfer rate 16 6MB s x4 66MB s To use ATA 66 you need special ATA 66 IDE cable ATA 100 also uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA 66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns The data transfer rate is 1 40ns x 2 bytes x 2 100MB s To use ATA 100 you need special 80 wire IDE cable the same as ATA 66 127 SeriesSL 85DRV ATAPI AT Attachment Packet Interface This is the exension of the EIDE extended IDE that enables the interface to support CD ROM players and tape drives BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS is a set of assembly routine program that resides in EPROM or Flash RO
98. so be run from a hard disk drive or a network drive 4 5 1 Before Upgrading BIOS e It is highly recommended that you save a copy of the original mainboard BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming utility AWDFLASH EXE to a bootable floppy disk so that you can reinstall the BIOS when needed 4 5 2 Upgrade Process e Normally to upgrade BIOS is unnecessary if the system is working fine Users should only upgrade the BIOS when you experience incompatible problems or need to create new features e AWDFLASH EXE is a Flash EPROM Programming utility that up dates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the mainboard This program only works in DOS environment the utility can not be executed in win95 98 ME NT or WINDOWS 2000 environment e Please follow the steps below for upgrading the system BIOS Step 1 Please visit the board maker s website download latest BIOS file and award flash utility AWDFLASH EXE The BIOS file format will be bin of which stands for the specific BIOS file name Step 2 Create a bootable diskette Then copy the BIOS file and award flash utility AWDFLASH EXE into the diskette Step 3 Insert the diskette into drive A reboot your system and boot from the diskette 53 Series SL 85DRV Step 4 Type awdflash bin sn pv cc and then press lt Enter gt to run BIOS upgrade program bin depends on your mainboard model and version code Instead of typin
99. t Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 58 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Date mm dd yy The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field Time hh mm ss The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow key to move to desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field Primary Secondary This field records the specifications for all non SCSI Master Slave hard disk drives installed in your system Refer to the respective documentation on how to install the drives CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help Menu Level gt gt IDE Primary Master Auto Access Mode Auto Capacity 13022 MB Cylinder 25232 Head 16 P
100. three possible conditions Functional Critical Off line Functional The array is operational Critical A mirroring array contains a drive that has failed or disconnected The remaining drive member in the array is functional However the array has temporarily lost its ability to provide fault tolerance The user should identify the failed drive through the FastBuild Setup utility and then replace the problem drive Off line Astriped array having only 1 drive has failed or been disconnected When the array condition is Off line the user must replace the failed drive s then restore data from a backup source 102 Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 2 2 Navigating the FastBuild Setup Menu When using the menus there are some of the basic navigation tips Arrow keys highlights through choices ESC key is used to abort or exit the current menu 5 2 3 Using the Main Menu This is the first option screen when entering the FastBuild M Setup FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Main Menu Auto SetUp oo se ennnnnennznnnenzzzznnnnnznmannnn mnn 1 View Drive Assignments s en 2 VIEWATFAW liri seediccesteiesitel eae iden cha ad Delete Array Rebuild Array Controller Configuration sena 6 Keys Available Press 1 6 to Select Option ESC Exit To create a new array automatically follow the setups under Creating Arrays Automatically in Sectio
101. to IDE3 IDE4 and enable FastTrak100 Lite Controller with JP12 Configure the hard drive s for RAID Array partition and format your hard driver s Install Windows 95 normally After installation go to Start menu and choose Settings Form the Settings menu choose Control Panel In the Controller Panel window double click on the System icon In the System window choose the Device Manager tab In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI RAID Controller Choose it and then press the Properties button Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window and then press the Update Driver button When asked if you want Windows to research for the driver choose Yes recommended 10 Insert the FastTrak100 Lite Driver diskette into the A drive then 11 12 13 14 15 press Next When Windows informs you that it was unable to find the drivers press Other Locations In the Select Other Location dialog box type A WIN9x ME Press Next button A message informing you that Windows 95 has found Win95 98 Promise FastTrak100 Lite tm Controller should appear Press Finish If Windows can t find the FastTrak100 Lite MPD file type A WIN9x ME in the copy files from text box Choose Yes when asked if you wish to restart the syst
102. urn your system on 8 Press lt Enter gt to exit to the Main Menu NOTE If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to clear the CMOS RAM All setup informations will be lost and you need to run the BIOS setup program again 90 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 13 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have speci fied into the CMOS memory Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Y is for Yes and N is for No Press lt Enter gt key to save the configuration changes 4 6 14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING e EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility with out saving the modifications that you have specified Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears Quit Without Saving Y N N Y is for Yes and N is for No You may change the prompt to Y and press lt Enter gt key to leave this option 91 Series SL 85DRV MEMO 92 Chapter 5 RAID Controller Chapter 5 RAID Controller The following topics and Appendices are included in this chapter 5 0 Before Creating Disk Array 5 1 Creating your Disk Array 5 2 Using FASTBUILD Configuration Utility 5 3 Installing FAST TRAK100 LITE Driver 93 Series SL 85DRV 5 0 Before Creating Disk Array 1 Please locate the Promise
103. uspend gt Off Video Off Method V H SVNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off PWRON After PWR Fail Off b IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter f 4 gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Helpa F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values lt F7 gt Load all options with the Setup default values 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup 76 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup ACPI Function Select Enabled only if your computer s operating system supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI specification Currently Windows NT 5 0 supports ACPI ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select the ACPI suspend type You can select S3 STR for suspending to DRAM or S1 POS for power on suspend under Windows 98 ACPI mode The choices S1 POS S3 STR Power Management This option allows you to select the type or degree Option
104. wice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory DMA interface The latest Ultra DMA has advanced to Ultra DMA 66 and Ultra DMA 100 16 6MB s x2 33MB s 16 6MB s x4 66MB s 16 6MB s x6 100MB s USB Universal Serial Bus USB is a 4 pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low medium speed peripherals less than 1OMbit s such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem 132 APPENDIX VCM Virtual Channel Memory NEC s Virtual Channel Memory VCM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service multimedia requirements VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I O pins Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption VRM Voltage regulator Module This is a small module installed on a mainboard to regulate the voltage fed to the processor on board Voltage regulator can be built on board in various way VRM is a socketed type of regulator module which is easier to change when needed Zero Wait State When memory is operating at its fastest speed in its course of fetching and yielding data it allows no no op cycle and is called in a zero wait state On the other hand a memory is in a wait state after it gets a command to fetch data it waits for one two or more cycles to assure that the e
105. xpected data is in the buffer ZIP file Zip file is a compressed file with a reduced file size Zoom To zoom is to make a window or screen larger or smaller in a Graphical User Interface of a computer system Usually to zoom in means to enlarge and to zoom out means to reduce size 133 SeriesSL 85DRV MEMO 134
106. y Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software VIA OnChip PCI Device VIA 3058 AC 97 Audio VIA 3068 MC97 Modem Disabled Menu Level gt Auto Item Help t 4 gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults VIA 3058 AC 97 Audio VIA 3068 MC97 Modem Select Disabled to use the on chip audio capability of your system Most of the field do not appear when this field is Disabled for user who wants to use add on sound card this item must be disabled This option allows you to decide to enable disable the Onchip Modem The choices Auto Disabled 72 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup VIA SUPER IO DEVICE e When this option is chosen the following item appears for user s configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software VIA SuperlO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Item Help Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Menu Level b Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto UART Mode Select Normal UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address 330 Midi Port IRQ 10 fl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Onboard FDC Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive Controller controll
107. y Installation 25 2 7 Jumper and Switch Settings ss neennnnnnnnn 26 2 7 1 Switch 1 CPU Clock Select 27 2 7 2 JBAT1 Clear CMOS sse viene a 28 2 7 3 Jp12 RAID Controller Select nee 28 2 7 4 Jp18 Voice Diagnostic Language Select 29 2 7 5 Jp16 Suspend to RAM STR Less sesmeennnnnnznzzznnzzznzzznnnii 30 2 7 5 Jp11 Flash ROM Write Protection Select s sen 30 2 8 Other Connectors Configuration nn 31 2 8 1 On Board FAN Connectors FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 L 31 2 8 2 WOL1 Wake On LAN Lena nr 32 2 8 3 CD ROM Audio Connector CD IN1 CD INZ2 33 2 8 4 Chassis Panel Connector n 33 2 8 5 Thermal Sensor Connector RT2 2 nee nnnni 34 2 8 6 Complex Header NJP1 na 35 2 8 7 ATX Power Supply Connectors for Pentium 4 L 37 2 8 8 Communication And Networking Riser Slot CNR 0006 38 2 8 9 USB Ports and USB Headers Header USB 2 amp 3 39 2 8 10 PS 2 Mouse And PS 2 Keyboard cesce 39 2 9 IRQ Description L 40 Chapter 3 Software Setup ccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 42 3 1 Open up the Suport CD and choose Drivers and Utilities 43 3 2 Proceed to VIA 4 IN 1 Drivers Installation 0 44 3 3 Proceed to AC 97 AUDIO DRIVER Installation 46 3 4 Proceed to HARDWARE MONITOR Installation 47 3 5 Install Driver for Promise RAID Controller 49 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup nee 51 4 1 About BIOS Setup tesien n ea a a e R

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