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Intel I925XE User's Manual

1. i ono PST RESET LED4 DIMM DI IDE1 FDD SATA4 ICH6R reg pius sata mg SATA1 JCMOS 1 1 lup PWR LED VIA VT6307 in Mea 1394 Chip CSPK 1 JPWR FAN C1394 7 1394 2 Page 3 1 Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system 3 CPU Installation 3 2 Jumper Settings 3 3 System Memory 3 4 Expansion Slots 3 5 Device Connectors 3 1 CPU Installation Step 1 Carefully remove the plastic protection plate from the socket Warning The pins inside the CPU socket are fragile and are easily broken Be careful not to touch them when installing the CPU Figure 3 gt Figure 2 gt Step 2 Open the socket by releasing the actuation lever and press downwards at the tip shown by Step 3 Before inserting the CPU align the CPU according to the key slots shown in the picture Gently place the arrow the CPU into the socket and make sure it 1 fully seated Page 3 2 Installation Figure 57 Step 4 Step 5 a Put the CPU lid on the socket and Place the CPU cooler on top of the socket close the socket by lowering and Press its clips down firmly until it 1 locking the actuation lever completely seated in the hole b Apply thermal compound to the to
2. 4 12 PNP PCICODUISUPALTOD 4 15 Section 5 Section 6 Appendix PC Health Status ao e 4 17 Power BIOS Features 4 19 D taults Menu aa 4 22 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 23 Exit 4 24 RAID Configuration 5 1 Intel ICH6R RAID Features 5 3 Enable RAID Function pe 5 4 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation si e e rrt 6 1 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide 6 2 Appendix A Update Your System BIOS A 1 Appendix B Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM B 1 Appendix C Intel Matrix RAID Quick Guide C 1 Appendix D POS TC OUO S stola eas D 1 Left Blank 1 1 Package Contents Contents A Mainboard B User s manual C Floppy drive cable D HDD drive cable E CD drivers and utilities F I O Shield G S ATA data and power cable H Game amp COM bracket cable IEEE 1394 two ports cable J Extra USB2 0 port cable K SP ATA Kit Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Powerpack items ThermoStick cable M Mini heatsink N Tool Pen Optional Items O S PDIF Module If you need the optional item please contact your dealer for assistance USER S E UN
3. Page 3 12 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 S ATA Connectors These connectors enable you to connect Serial ATA devices that conform to the Serial ATA specification 1 GND B B A A GND GND Use the bundled SP ATA Kit for older IDE hard drives to interface to S ATA PW ON button and RESET button These buttons located onboard to turn on off the system easily especially while debugging or testing the system LEDION Onboard LED indicators to show the power status of CPU Chipset and DRAM You know immediately where to look if the system fails to start LED2 CPULED LED3 CHIPLED LED4 DIMMLED Installation LED1 80 Port Debug LED Provides two digit POST code to show why the system fail to boot Allows quick and easy optimization The LED will display the CPU temperature when you run the bundled USDM software 80 Port Debug 7 segment LED display Refer to Appendix D for POST codes CUSB3 CUSB4 Four USB 2 0 ports This mainboard includes additional USB2 0 ports identified by two 10 pin connector If you wish to use the additional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert its cables to this 10 pin connector VCC GND Key CAUTION If you
4. Disk 0 Disk 1 RAID 1 volume RAID O volume RAID 1 volume C Drive for Operating Systems Personal Photos Videos Financial Record RAID 0 volume D Drive for Games Scratch Disks Non critical Applications To enable Intel Matrix technology a first volume needs to be created that 15 less than the combined size of the two hard drives assuming they are the same size If one hard drive 1s smaller than the other the size needs to be less than twice the size of the smaller hard drive This will leave unused space on the two hard drives that can be used to create a second RAID volume Before You Proceed You need to create a floppy with ICH6R RAID driver which will be used for install ing Windows at a later stage The steps below shows you how to create this floppy C 1 Appendix Insert the bundled CD the CD ROM drive Boot the system from the CD ROM drive A menu of various RAID controllers will appear Look for the Intel ICH6R RAID driver Insert a blank floppy into the A drive Select the ICH6R driver to begin the copy into floppy drive Setting Up a System with an Intel Matrix RAID Technology Configuration The following steps outline how to build a RAID 1 amp RAID 0 system with Microsoft Windows XP installed using two SATA hard drives 1 2 Assemble the system and attach two SATA hard drives Enter System BIOS Setup and go to Integrated Peripherals page Look for SATA Mode option
5. Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 Reserved Display number of processors multi processor platform Reserved 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device Reserved Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code Reserved Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional Reserved 1 Initialize Init Onboard Super IO switch 2 Initialize Init Onbaord AUDIO switch Reserved Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility Reserved Initialize PS 2 Mouse Reserved Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h Reserved Turn on L2 cache Reserved Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table Reserved 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup 15 set to AUTO D 3 Appendix 6Eh 6Fh 70 72h 73h 74h 75h 76h 77h 78h 79h 7Ah 7B 7Eh 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86 92h 93h 94h 95h 96h FFh D4 Reserved 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Setup floppy related fields in 40 hardware Reserved Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed Reserved Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM Reserved Detect serial ports am
6. 200MHz x 12 2 4GHz Press lt gt to display the following screen CPU CLOCK SPEED Min 190 Max 350 Key a DEC number 11 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Key in the DEC decimal number for the CPU CLOCK SPEED Overclocking failure will cause no display on the monitor To overcome this switch off the power supply and switch on again Restart the system press and hold lt Insert gt key This will revert the BIOS to default or initial setting Real Time Turbo Mode This sets a value CPU CLOCK generator will jump to when the system 15 experiencing a heavy load Options available depend on system FSB CPU Clock CPU FSB Options 133MHz 533MHz Disabled 134MHz 137MHz 140MHz 142MHz 146MHz 150MHz 200MHz 800MHz Disabled 202MHz 206MHz 210MHz 214MHz 266MHz 1066MHz Disabled 269MHz 274MHz 279MHz 285MHz 293MHz 301MHz PCI Express Freq Control Enables you to control the PCI Express Frequency Enabled allows you to fine tune its frequency at 1MHZ steps using the next selection item below Selecting Disabled will lock the PCI E frequency at 100MHz Auto will increment the frequency by a prefixed value according to FSB Options Auto Enabled Disabled PCI Express Freq Enables you to subtle tune the PCI Express frequency at increments of step Press lt gt to display the following screen Page 4 20 BIOS PCI Express Freq Key in the DEC deci
7. 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode Options SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP EPP Mode Select This field allows the user to select the EPP mode for parallel port mode Options EPP1 9 EPP1 7 ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode Options DMAI DMA3 Page 4 11 BIOS 4 5 Power Management Setup Choose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals In general these parameters should not be changed unless it s absolutely necessary Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Run YGABIOS if S3 Resume S3 KB Wake up Function POMER ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON PHRON After PWR Fail Express Power Management Video Off Method Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Sof t Off by PWR BTTN Wake Up by PCI card Power by Ring USB Wake Up From S3 Resume by Alarm Date of Month Alarm S1 POS Auto AnyKey Hot KEY Enter Ctrl F1 Off Enabled User Define DPMS Disabled Disabled Instant 0ff Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled 0 Item Help Menu Level Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 PU PD Value F18 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults Figure 6 Power Management Enter S
8. Capability Report No FDD For WIN 95 Full Screen LOGO Show Tle Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values PU PD Value F6 Floppy Hard Disk LS128 Enabled Enabled On Enabled Disabled No Disabled F109 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Fail Safe Defaults Fi 0 Defaults Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup CPU Feature This field is available only for Pentium CPU with Prescott core gt Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you to select the hard disk boot priority Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USBHDD1 USBHDD2 DIANE CPU 11 8 12 Cache Bootable Add in Cards Upi Hard Disk Boot Priority Henu Level br Use lt T gt or lt i gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it or lt gt to move it This controls the status of the processor s internal Level One and Level Two cache Options Enables Disabled Page 4 3 BIOS CPU L3 Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal Level Three cache Options Enables Disabled Hyper Threading Technology Enables the CPU Hyper Threading Technology Options Enables Disabled itis recommend to enable Hyper Threading Technology on system with Windows XP and Linux 2 4 and disabling it for legacy OS First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating
9. Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F19 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Page 4 1 BIOS The main menu displays all the major selection items Select the item you need to reconfigure The selection is made by moving the cursor press any direction arrow key to the item and pressing the Enter key An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function When a selection is made the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose STANDARD CMOS FEATURES in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and time type of hard disk drive installed floppy drive type and display type Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted use direction keys to move the cursor and the Enter key to select the entries in the field can be changed by pressing the lt PgDn gt or the lt PgUp gt key Phoenix RwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard 5 Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Tue Dec 28 2004 Time hh mm ss 19 43 Menu Level gt IDE Channel 9 Master IDE Chan
10. MANUAL C 2 e lt mu F Page 1 1 Introduction 1 2 Mainboard Features Brief Introduction Intel Pentium 4 processors The Pentium 4 processor 15 designed to deliver performance across applications and usages where end users can truly appreciate and experience the performance The Pentium 4 processor delivers this world class performance for consumer enthusiasts and business professional desktop PC users as well as for entry level workstation users Intel adds support for Hyper Threading Technology to the Pentium 4 processor family HT Technology allows a single physical Pentium 4 processor to function as two logical processor for next generation multi threaded application For more information about all the new features the Pentium 4 delivers check out the Intel website at http www intel com Chipset This board is designed with Intel 925 XE Alderwood chipset The Intel 925XE chipset consists of the Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH and the Controller Hub ICH6R DDR2 DDR2 ushers in the new era of DDR memory technology DDR2 memory offers faster speed higher data bandwidth and lower power consumption over DDR PCI Express PCI E Next generation peripheral interface to succeed to current PCI bus for the next decade With smaller slot size and 250MB sec PCI E 1 or 4GB sec PCI E 16 maximum transfer P
11. Manager manual in the CD KE Sound Manager MO wutmeda Figure gt Sound Effect Figure 27 2 Select Sound Effect page to set the desired audio environment from the pull down menu Page 6 2 Drivers Installation 2115 Speaker Configuration Sound Effect ERES EN Audio m i SPDIF mmm Back Panel Center Subwoofer Line In Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out o Front Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Mic In Front Panel lt Figure 3 gt Headphone Micin 3 This page displays the mainboards s phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode 1 selected Figure 3 above shows the phone jack setup for 8 channel mode 3D Audio Demo SPDIF Audio Wizard Sound Loopy Music C Buzzing Bee Moving Path Figure 4 gt f Horizontal Vertical C nsect Motion C Manual Horizontal C Manual Vertical EAX Setting ie None 7 Bathroom Stone Corridor Under Water 4 This page lets you test the 3D Positional Audio features Page 6 3 Drivers Installation dada General Sound Effect Speaker Configuration Audio Wizard Figure 57 Audio Driver Version 51 0 05024 DirectX Version Audio Controller Audio Codec 5 This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software To remove Sound Manager icon from Windows Task bar uncheck Show icon in system tray
12. R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance S M A R T Software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer If a device failure is predicted the host software through the Client WORKS S M A R T applet warns the user of the impending condition and advises appropriate action to protect the data Options Enabled Disabled Full Screen LOGO Show This item allows you determine Full Screen LOGO display during POST Options Enabled Disabled 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD CAS Latency Time Auto DRAM RASH to CASH Delay Auto Menu Level DRAM RASH Precharge Auto Precharge dealy tRAS Auto System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Letti Enter Select PU PD Value F19 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help i t revious Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaul Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup Page 4 5 BIOS DRAM Timing Selectable For setting DRAM Timing select By SPD to follow Intel PC DDR SDRAM Serial Presence Detect Specification Options Manual By SPD CAS Latency Time This item specifies the number of clock cycles needed after a Column Address Strobe CAS signal befo
13. compatibility with older USBI 1 device 8ch Delivers 8 channel audio to bring you the latest in audio realism from DVD movies and games Perfect for your home theatre system Page 1 3 Introduction Special Features BIOS Features amp Magic Health Reports your system hardware status for every boot up to help detect faults early Monitor hardware status including CPU temperature CPU Memory Chipset voltage fan RPM speed for chassis fan CPU fan amp Power supply fan amp EZ Boot simply press ESC to select your bootable device No more hassle to search the BIOS menu change and re start amp PowerBIOS Supporting a full range of overclocking setting via BIOS Various adjustable feature include FSB Chipset Memory voltage tweaking H W Features amp 80 Port An onboard LED display trouble shooting device facilitating user to detect boot up problems QuickSPDIF On board SPDIF out connector for quick connection to multi channel speakers Not only removes cable cluttering but also delivers loss free digital audio to let you enjoy DVD movies and games with crystal clear sound Thermo Stick Flexible thermometer to let you measure any temperature by software Ideal for monitoring VGA card chipset or even disk drives temperatures Refer to page 3 15 for details amp EZ Button A handy power on button located onboard to turn on off the system easily especially while debugging or t
14. for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 Reserved Initialize INT 09 buffer Reserved 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU 3 Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 5 Invoke video BIOS Reserved 1 Initialize multi language 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed Reserved Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I O chips Reserved Test 8254 Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 Reserved Reserved 43h 44h 45 46h 47h 48h 49h 4A ADh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 518 52h 53 54h 55h 56h 57h 58h 59h SAh 5Bh SCh SDh SE SFh 60h 61 64h 65h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Dh Appendix Test 8259 functionality Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU Reserved 1 Program MTRR of CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical Reserved Initialize USB Reserved
15. purchased a separate USB cable make sure it has the same pin assignment A different pin assignment may damage the system If you need the USB cable please contact our retailer Page 3 13 Installation CFP T PWR LED HD LED bi i 5 RST PW ON CIR mE NC IRRX GND IRTX CSPK 1 I VCC GND Speaker Page 3 14 CFP Front Panel Connector HD LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed PWR LED This connects to the power button of the system chassis RST This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system PW ON This 1s connected to the power button on the case To use the Soft Off by PWR BTTN feature refer to the Power Management Setup in the BIOS setup section of this manual CIR IR connector Connect your IrDA cable to this IR connector CSPK Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping Installation 3 6 Thermo Stick Function This mainboard is equipped with a digital thermometer capability to monitor any temperature This 1s useful for measuring heat on peripherals such as VGA cards hard disk drives DIMMs or even on board components such as chipset MOSFETS etc Thermo Stick consists of 1 THM ST header located on the mainboard 2 Thermostick sensor cable with heat tole
16. require a floppy disk containing the RAID driver This step will show you how to prepare this driver floppy There are 2 methods gt Method 1 1 Insert the bundled CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Bootthe system from the CD ROM 3 A menu of driver for various RAID controllers will appear 4 Insert a blank floppy into the A drive 5 Select the appropriate RAID controller to begin copy into the floppy gt Method 2 l Locate another computer and insert the bundled CD into its CD ROM drive 2 A main menu screen will appear Autorun feature 3 Select the page RAID floppy as shown below 4 Insert a blank floppy into the A drive 5 Click on the required driver to begin copy into the floppy i gt Step 3 Install O S into RAID disk Continue to install Windows XP 2000 NT4 0 as normal When requested by Windows Setup for RAID driver insert the floppy created earlier in Step 2 Page 5 5 RAID Configuration I lt Step 4 Install Software utility for Windows After the O S has been installed you may install the RAID controller s driver and software The RAID software is a Windows based utility with graphical user interface that provides an easy operating tool to configure and manage RAID arrays 1 Insert the bundled CD into the CD ROM drive 2 When the main menu appears click on the RAID driver corresponding to the controller you have configured in Step 1 See driver installation in section 6 for more details For informa
17. the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system 15 restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer Page 4 24 RAID Configuration Section 5 RAID CONFIGURATION Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on RAID related background knowledge and a general procedure to setup RAID system on this mainboard RAID Basics RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit known as a RAID array The advantage of RAID is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance Fault tolerance is achieved through data redundant operation where if one drives fails a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive This can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs Below is an example of a RAID array with 2 drives cossa The individual disk drives in an array are called members disk members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels Different RAID levels represent di
18. updates for other O S support On Chip Serial ATA This option is available only when SATA Mode is set to IDE Combined Mode will force S ATA to replace one of the traditional IDE Primary or Secondary ports Enhanced Mode allows S ATA to work simultaneously with Parallel ATA Options Disabled Auto Combined Mode Enhanced Mode SATA Only The following screen shows S ATA Mode assigned to IDE and On chip Serial ATA assigned to Combined Mode SATA Mode On Chip Serial ATA Combined Mode PATA IDE Mode PATA IDE Mode This option is available only when On chip Serial ATA is in Combined Mode Assigning Primary will make PATA IDE the Primary port and the remaining SATA as Secondary port Similarly assigning Secondary will make PATA IDE the Secondary port and SATA as Primary port Page 4 9 BIOS gt Onboard Devices Setup Scroll to Onboard Devices Setup and press Enter The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Onboard Devices USB Controller USB 2 8 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support High Definition Audio Game Port Address OnBoard 1394 Device USB Controller Enables the USB controller Options Disabled Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enables the EHCI USB2 0 controller Options Disabled Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enable Disable support for USB keyboard under DOS Options Auto Enabled Disabled USB Mouse S
19. AID Page 5 3 RAID Configuration Enable RAID Function For any RAID controller the general procedure to setup a RAID system is shown below p2 gt Optional for installing WinXP 2000 NT4 only Step 3 Install O S into RAID disk J Note If you are not installing O S into the RAID Step 4 Install RAID Software for Windows disks you may skip Step 2 amp Step3 Step 1 Create RAID Array RAID arrays are created using the RAID controller s BIOS utility gt For Intel ICH6R 1 Under CMOS setup Integrated Peripherals section set SATA mode to RAID set Intel RAID Boot ROM to Enabled and restart the system 2 Power on the system and wait for the RAID BIOS Setting utility message on the screen Press CTRL T key to enter its BIOS configuration utility Copyright C 2993 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved NU Create RAID Volume 2 Delete RAID Volume J Reset Disks to Non RAID 4 Exit RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol 1D 0 Maxtor 6Y080MO Y3HBRBSE 76 368 3 5136001585 IKCOIDEZ 55 968 3 Refer to Appendix for details about creating RAID array using this utility 4 After the RAID array is created press Esc to exit Page 5 4 RAID Configuration 03 Step 2 Prepare driver floppy When installing Windows XP 2000 NT4 0 into any RAID disk the O S setup will
20. CI Express overcomes PCI bus bottleneck Ultra ATA100 The mainboard provides an Ultra ATA100 Bus Master IDE controller This controller supports Ultra ATA 100 protocols which are ideal to support demanding applications such as real time video multimedia and a high performance operating system A new IDE cable is required for Ultra ATA 100 Page 1 2 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system opera tion and status This includes CPU temperature voltage and fan speed in RPMs Dual GbE LAN Two Gigabit LAN controllers onboard running on the PCI Express bus This twin set of PCI Express to Gigabit LAN breaks traditional bandwidth barrier delivering maximum 1000Mbps between internal and external network Serial ATA Support Serial ATA an evolutionary replacement for Parallel ATA IDE storage interface Increases the peak data transfer speed up to 150MB sec and allows future enhancements to the computing platform S ATA RAID RAID function available on chipset S ATA ports IEEE 1394 IEEE 1394a provides enhanced PC connectivity for consumer electronics audio video appliances storage peripherals portable devices such as digital cameras and inter PC communications IEEE 1394a provides transfer rates up to 400Mbits sec USB2 0 A popular USB standard for plugging in peripherals with up to 480Mbps transfer speed while maintaining backward
21. DIMM 2 Channel A Dual Channel 1 DDR B1 DIMM 3 Dual Channel 2 DDR B2 DIMM 4 Channel B Figure 82 Page 3 5 Installation Memory configurations supported 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 DIMM 64 bit 128 bit 128 bit 128 bit DIMM 4 SS DS SS DS SS DS SS DS SS DS SS Single Sided DIMM DS Double Sided DIMM Note Using non compliant memory with higher bus speeds overclocking may severely compromise the integrity of the system Memory Installation amp To install align the notch on the DIMM module with the connector Press straight down as shown in the figure below until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket Page 3 6 Installation 3 4 Expansion Slots PCI E Slots The mainboard 15 equipped with two PCI E 1 compliant with PCI Express 1 0a PCI E VGA Slots The elongated PCI E 16 is intended for VGA card installation PCI E VGA Slot PCI E Slot PCI Slots The mainboard 15 equipped with three PCI slots PCI Slots VGA Card Installation Caution 1 Remove the bracket on the PC case for the slot you intend to use 2 Firmly press down the card into the slot until it 15 completely seated Ensure the VGA slot clicker is locked as shown in the picture below 3 Secure the card s bracket to the PC case with a screw Pa
22. IN connector is used to receive audio form a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card CD Reference CD IN Right CD IN Left SPDIF Sony Philips Digital InterFace connector This connector links digital audio between the mainboard and your audio devices such as CD player sampler or DAT recorder It allows the digital transmission of audio data in S PDIF format SPDIF IN VCC 5 1 6 2 NC GND SPDIF OUT C1394 1C1394 2 Installation GAMEI Game MIDI connector This port works well with any application that 1s compatible with the standard PC joystick J2B1 J2CY MIDI Out COM2 Serial Port Connector The serial port can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial device DCD Ground C1394 1 C1394 2 IEEE 1394a FireWire Connectors This mainboard has 2 IEEE 1394a ports To use these ports you need to attach the bundled 1394 bracket to these headers 12V Fused K Page 3 11 Installation
23. N Function to Password to be prompted for a password at power on Hot Key Power ON Enables you to set a hot key combination to be used for powering on the system The default is Ctrl F1 Options Ctrl F1 Ctrl F12 PWRON After PWR Fail This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its last operat ing status after power returns from a power failure Off The system stays off after a power failure Former Sts The system returns to the state it was in just prior to the power failure PCI Express PME PCI E device PME function Options Enabled Disabled Power Management Use this to select your Power Management selection The default is User define Page 4 13 BIOS Max saving Maximum power savings Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode Min saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode Userdefine Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode Video Off Method This option allows you to select how the video will be disabled by the power management The default is V H Sync Blank Sync Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video
24. Reinsert the BIOS chip Download the correct BIOS version update from the manufacturer s Web site Replace mainboard Remove and replace the add on card Reinsert memory module Replace memory with correct type Replace memory module Replace VGA card Reinsert the VGA card Clear CMOS or press the insert key to power on the system 1 Ensure that the keyboard and mouse are connected correctly 2 Replace the RTC battery Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Package ED 1 1 Mainboard a lalla 1 2 System Block Diagram 4 1 6 Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification pp 2 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Layout inedite det eins 3 Easy Installation Procedure 3 2 3 2 JE 3 4 System Memory Configuration 3 5 Expansi n 3 7 Device Connectors 3 8 Thermo Stick Function 3 15 Power On Off Remote essen 3 16 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 16 STR Suspend To RAM Function 3 17 Section 4 BIOS Setup Man MED ren nh is 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup pp 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features pp 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features 4 5 Integrated Peripherals pp 4 7 Power Management Setup
25. Supports Reset amp Soft Off switches Supports HDD amp Power LEDs Supports PC speaker Supports Front Panel Audio connector Special Features Support KBPO function Keyboard power on turn on the computer from keyboard Support Wake On LAN by PME Support USB resume in S3 Onboard 80 Port LED display for system debugging PowerBIOS for excellent overclocking capabilities through Programmable FSB PCI E and PCI Clock output frequency with 1MHz fine tuning Support BIOS adjustable CPU multiplier amp Core voltage FSB clock PCI E x16 voltage amp clock Chipset voltage DIMM frequency and voltage settings Support LEDION onboard LED power indicator for CPU DDR and chipset Q Form Factor 305mm x 245 mm size Page 2 4 Installation SPDIF out Coaxial Jack SPDIF out Optical Side ster Line in Light Blue Line out Lime Mic in Pink 1 Marvell 88E8053 Mainboard Layout PW2 ATX 12V POWER CONN 4 Pin Section 3 INSTALLATION Dual Channel 1 Bual Channel 2 DDR2 A1 0082 2 JCPU FAN wmm E3 LED2 CFU JSYS_FAN PW1 ATX POWER CONN 24 Pin BEBE CEPA CD IN PCI EXP4 PCI EXP2 HD Audio El acm ui 6 SPDIF1 PCI1 PCI2 1 GAME1 1 COM2 CUSB3 CUSB4
26. USB USB S3 Wake up Jumper This jumper disconnects 5V standby voltage to USB devices This means USB devices will not be able to wake up the system from S3 Suspend to RAM power saving mode Settings 1 2 Connect 53 enabled 2 3 Disconnect No 53 Page 3 4 Installation 3 3 System Memory Configuration The mainboard accommodates four 240 pin DDR2 DIMM sockets e Supports up to 4 0GB of 400 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM e Supports dual channel memory interface e Supports non ECC memory and non Registered DIMMs only e Supports 256Mb 512Mb 1Gb DDR2 technologies in x8 and x16 devices only SPD Serial Presence Detect scheme for DIMM detection support e Supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR2 DIMM specification only Dual Channel interface Dual channel memory access offers increased system performance Figure 7 gt shows the logical memory layout for channel A and channel For dual channel to operate both channel must be populated with same amount of memory preferably of the same type SIO SOOO Dual Channel 1 Dual Channel 2 Figure 7 gt The four DIMM sockets are divided into two colors to help you identify the channel pairs Figure 8 gt Each dual channel pair has the same color e g DIMMI and DIMM3 To obtain best performance simply mount DIMM sockets of the same color DDR ATDIMMA DDR A2
27. User s Manual Intel 1925 mainboard for Intel Socket 775 processor TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders These specifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 1 1 March 08 2005 LLWM1SZ000009 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED WARRANTY THE MANUFACTURER EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES SHALL APPLY TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED UNDER LOCAL LAWS IN THE COUNTRY PURCHASED IN WHICH LOCAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW OR LIMIT THE EXCLUSION OF THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 80 Port Frequently Asked Questions Below is a list of some basic POST Codes possible problems and solutions For more detailed information about POST Codes refer to Appendix D in this manual FFh or CFh C5h 07h 12h 1 BIOS chip inserted incorrectly Incorrect BIOS update version Mainboard problem Add on card inserted incorrectly Memory module inserted incorrectly Memory compatibility problem Memory module damaged Error occured in VGA BIOS VGA card inserted incorrectly Overclock error 1 Initial Keyboard controller error 2 RTC error
28. able are 60 C 140 F to 90 C 194 F in increments of 5 Current System CPU Temperature Displays the current system CPU temperature Thermo Stick Temperature Displays the current thermal stick temperature Current CPU Chassis Power FAN Speed Displays the current speed of the CPU chassis and power fan speed in RPMs Vcore V The voltage level of the CPU Page 4 17 BIOS 1 5V The voltage level of power supplied to VGA card VDIMM V The voltage level of the DRAM VBAT V The voltage level of the battery 12V VCC 5VSB V The voltage level of the switching power supply CHASSIS Smart Fan Control This item lets you define a chassis temperature that the system will maintain by smartly adjusting the chassis fan Options Disabled 35 C 95 F 40 C 104 F 45 C 113 F 50 C 122 F 55 C 131 F CPU Fan Auto Control This item lets you define a CPU temperature that the system will maintain by smartly adjusting the CPU fan Options Disabled 35 C 95 F 40 C 104 F 45 C 113 F 50 C 122 F 55 C 131 F Page 4 18 BIOS 4 8 Power BIOS Features This page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance for overclocking Warning N Overclocking requires expert knowledge and risks permanent damage to system components We recommend you leave these parameters at their default values for proper operation Phoenix AwardBLOS CHOS Setup Utili
29. and set this to RAID When done exit Setup Upon re boot you will see the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM status message on the screen press CTRL I to enter the Option ROM User Interface RAID Option ROM 3 1 Select option 1 Create RAID Volume 3 2 Under Create Volume Menu enter a volume name you would like to use and press enter 3 3 Use the arrow keys to select RAID 1 press enter again 3 4 Press enter again and then select the hard drives to be used by the RAID volume by pressing the space bar press enter when done You won t need to complete this step if there are only two hard drives in the system If this 1s the case you will move to the next step when you hit enter the first time 3 5 You should now be at the point where you are being asked to enter the size of the volume The maximum default should be shown in gigabytes GB This size would be used if only one volume was to be created But since you want to create two volumes this size needs to be reduced Type in a new size for the first volume now Press enter when done As an example if you want the first volume to span the first half of the two Appendix disks re type the size to be half of what is shown by default The second volume when created will automatically span the remainder of the two hard drives 3 6 Press enter again to create the volume press to confirm 3 7 Exit the Option ROM User Interface by selecti
30. ces from embedded IDE controller When using two IDE drives one must be set to Master mode and the other to Slave mode Refer to your disk drive user s manual for information about selecting the proper drive switch settings PWI1 24 pin ATX Power Connector PW2 4 ATXI2V Power Connector The mainboard 15 equipped with a standard 24 pin ATX main power connector and a 4 12V power connector for connecting an ATX12V power supply The plugs of the power cables are designed to fit in only one orientation Insert the plugs into the connectors until they fit in place Caution The PW1 and PW2 Power Connector must be used simultaneously L The board requires a minimum of 350 Watt power supply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed this minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power use a 400 Watt or greater power supply Page 3 9 Installation Front Panel Audio Connector This audio connector connects to the audio jacks located on the front panel Refer to your case manual to match the pin out names Front Line out R CD IN CD Audio IN Connector The CD
31. d from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to key in each time you enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system 15 rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You can determine when the password 15 required within the Advanced BIOS Features Menu and its Security option If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup Page 4 23 BIOS 4 11 Exiting BIOS Save amp Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to
32. e This mechanism is provided as a way to reset one or more SATA hard drives to non RAID status essentially deleting all metadata on the hard drives This has the affect of deleting any RAID volumes present This function 15 provided for re setting the hard drives when there 15 a mismatch in RAID volume information on the hard drives and Option 2 cannot be used 3 Determining the Version of the Option ROM There is only one way to determine the version of the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM integrated into the system BIOS Use the following procedure to determine the version 1 Enter the main menu of the RAID Option ROM user interface 2 Located in the top right corner you should see a number in the following format V4 0 0 xxxx 3 This is the version of the Intel Application Accerlerator RAID Option ROM currently installed on your system The 4 0 0 portion 15 the product release number the xxxx portion is the build number Appendix Appendix C C 1 Intel Matrix RAID Quick Guide This Appendix provides necessary steps to build a system with Intel Matrix RAID Technology combining both RAID 1 and RAID 0 volume on just two SATA hard drives This special RAID array allows both fault tolerance and speed for optimum performance Background Intel Matrix RAID Technology is the advanced ability for two RAID volumes to share the combined space of two hard drives being used in unison Figure below shows Matrix RAID array
33. e area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support Reserved Use walking 175 algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override Reserved Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers Reserved Initial Early Init Onboard Generator switch Reserved Appendix 18h 19 1Ah 1Bh ICh 1Dh 1Eh 1Fh 20h 21h 22h 23h 24 26h 27h 28h 29h 2A 2Ch 2Dh 2E 32h 33 34 3Bh 3Ch 3Dh 3Eh 3Fh 40h 41h 42h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 Reserved Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS soft HDLR Reserved Initial EARLY PM INIT switch Reserved Load keyboard matrix notebook platform Reserved HPM initialization notebook platform Reserved 1 Check validity of value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search
34. elect F1 General Help F5 Previous Values ESL Et F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select SI Power On Suspend or S3 Suspend To RAM function When set to S3 STR or S1 amp S3 the following two fields become available Options S1 POS S3 STR S1 amp S3 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume This determines whether or not to enable the system to run the VGA BIOS when resuming from S3 STR or S1 amp S3 Options Auto Yes No S3 KB Wake up Function This determines whether or not to enable keyboard mouse activity to awaken the system from S3 STR 514253 Options AnyKey or Mouse By PowerOn Func AnyKey Mouse Page 4 12 BIOS POWER ON Function Enables computer power on by keyboard mouse or hotkey activity Password Requires you to enter a password when using the keyboard to power on Set the password in the next field KB Power ON Password Hot KEY Enables you to use a hot key combination to power on the default computer Set the hot key combination in the Hot Key Power ON field AnyKEY Enables you to set any keyboard activity to power on the computer BUTTONONLY Requires you to push the computer power button to power on the system Keyboard 98 Enables you to set the Windows 98 key to power on the system Keyboard Power ON Password Press Enter to create a password that is required when you use the keyboard to power on the system You must set the POWER O
35. esting the system amp LEDION Onboard LED indicators to show the power status CPU Chipset and DRAM You know immediately where to look if the system fails to start Page 1 4 Introduction amp SP ATA A S ATA to IDE conversion device includes in this package Older IDE hard drives can now be plugged to new Serial ATA interface through this transition kit SP ATA even works for CD ROM and DVD ROM drives amp PISTON Achieve ultimate overclocking with revolutionary 5 phase switching power Using true five sets of independent switching block PISTON V offers strong and stable CPU power while producing less heat compared to conventional PWM design Page 1 5 Introduction 1 2 System Block Diagram Dual Channel DDR2 400 533 PCI Express x16 lt CD In Mic In 2 for Front Line In Front stereo out Mic In PS 2 amp Mouse gt COM1 2 4 VIA 6307 1394 1394 X2 PCI E 1x2 PCIx3 Page 1 6 Specification Section 2 SPECIFICATION Mainboard Specification Q Processor e Support Intel Pentium 4 5xx 6xx and P4EE series processors up to 3 8 GHz in LGA775 socket with 533 800 1066 MHz front side system bus e Support Intel Celeron D 3xx series processors up to 3 2 GHz in LGA775 socket with 533 MHz front side system bus e Support Intel 04B or 04A Platform Compatibility Guide Support 6 for 64 bit O S support 9 Chipset Intel 925XE Chi
36. fferent performance levels security levels and implementation costs The table below briefly introduce these RAID levels RAID Level No of Drives Capacity Benefits Highest performance without RAID 0 Striping drivers Smallest size dati gt tecto No protection and JBOD Spanning 2 Sum of All drivers performance improving but disk capacity fully used Page 5 1 RAID Configuration RAID 0 Striping RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives If any disk member fails it affects the entire array The disk array data capacity 1s equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64 RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond the remaining drive will continue to function Due to redundancy the drive capacity of the array 1s the capacity of the smallest drive Under a RAID 1 setup an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed drive that 15 part of a mirrored array Due to the fault tolerance if any RAID 1 drive fails data access will not be affected as long as there are other working drives in the array JBOD Spanning A spanning disk array 15 equal to
37. ge 3 7 Installation 3 5 Device Connectors The back panel for this mainboard is shown below When installing the mainboard into the computer case use the bundled I O shield to protect this back panel RJ45 RJ45 Parallel Port LAN LAN PS 2 i p il 7 1 Audio Channel Mouse FE HT ME Dal PS 2 Keyboard S PDIF out S PDIF out COMI USB2 0 x 4 ports Coaxial Jack Optical Figure 9 I O Ports JCPU FAN JPWR FAN JSYS FAN CPU Power Chassis Fan Power Connectors JCPU FAN The CPU must be kept cool by using a heatsink with fan assembly JPWR FAN If you are installing an additional fan in the unit connect to this fan connector JSYS FAN The chassis fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU JCPU FAN JPWR FAN JSYS FAN Control Ground Sense Ground Sense Ground Sense 12V 12V 12V A This mainboard is equipped with intelligent fan speed control Refer to the PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS Page 3 8 3 4 12V 12V Ground Ground 12 PW2 Installation FDD Floppy Controller Connector IDE1 ATA 66 100 IDE Connector Supports up to 2 IDE devi
38. ing the appropriate power states in the RAM interface signals The power source to the RAM 1 kept active during STR 53 Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI provides many Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support Instant ON and QuickStart function 1 To enable STR functionality to save system power a Install ACPI certified add on cards such as VGA LAN and modem cards b In BIOS under Power Management Setup refer to Section 4 select Suspend Type S3 STR If you have a USB mouse or keyboard set USB Resume from S3 to Enabled c When in Windows open the Control Panel Power Management application and click the Advanced tab In the Power buttons section select Stand By from the drop down lists 2 To activate the STR function a Click the START button and choose Shut Down b In the Shut Down Windows dialog box select the Stand By option to enter STR mode A The following are the differences between STR power saving mode and Sus pend Power On Suspend mode a STR is the most advanced Power Management mode b STR cuts all the power supplied to peripherals except to memory max power saving c STR saves and keeps all on screen data including any executed applications to RAM d In STR mode you must push the power button connected to the onboard PW On of CFP pin click your USB mouse buttons or press your USB keyboard keys to wake up your s
39. m unable to locate certain devices Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Resources Controlled fluto ESCD 1 Menu Level Palette Snoop Disabled Maximum Payload Size 4096 Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F 10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 7 PNP PCI Configuration Setup Page 4 15 BIOS Init Display First This item is used to select whether to initialize the VGA or PCI first when the system boots Options PCI Slot PCIEx Resources Controlled By Determines what controls system PNP PCI resources The default is Auto ESCD Manual PNP Card s resources are controlled manually The IRQ Resources field becomes available and you can set which IRQ X and DMA X are assigned to PCT and onboard devices Auto BIOS assigns the interrupt resource automatically PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that may be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards Options Enabled Disabled PCI Express related items Maximum Payload Size Set maximum payload size for the PCI Express devices The unit 15 byte Options 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 Interrupt requests are shared as shown below INT A INT B INT C INTD IMPORTANT Audio When using PCI cards on PCI 1 shared IRQ slots make sure its PCI 2 dri
40. mal number for the PCI Express subtle tuning System Memory Frequency Enables you to select a ratio of the DDR2 DRAM to match the installed DRAM frequency 400 533MHz We recommend that you leave this item at the default value Options available depend on system FSB CPU Clock CPU FSB DDR2 frequency options 133MHz 533MHz 2 3 gt 008400 1 2 gt DDR533 Auto gt DDR400 by SPD 200MHz 800MHz 1 1 gt 008400 3 4 gt DDR533 Auto gt DDR400 by SPD 266MHz 1066MHz 4 3 gt 008400 1 1 gt 208533 Auto gt DDR400 by SPD CPU Clock Ratio Use this item to select a multiplier to set the CPU frequency See CPU CLOCK SPEED item above for explanation CPU Clock Ratio Key in the DEC decimal number for the CPU Clock Ratio gt Voltage Adjust Scroll to Voltage Adjust and press Enter The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBI0 CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Adjust CPU Vcore Max Chipset Voltage VDIMM Voltage Page 4 21 BIOS A In the following items Default Voltage indicates the original factory value and New Voltage indicates the value that you assign CPU Vcore Voltage This item allows you to adjust the CPU voltage Options 0 0875V to 0 1875 in 0 0125V increments We recommend that you leave this at the default value Chipset Voltage This item allows you to adjust the Chipset voltage Options 0 00V to 0 15V in 0 05V increments We recommend that
41. nabled Disabled PCI Express Function Scroll to PCI Express Function and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PCI Express Function PCI Express Slot Autol PCI Express Slot 2 Auto Marvell 1 Device Auto Marvell Lan2 Device Auto Menu Level br PCI E Compliancy Mode v1 a PCI Express Slot 1 2 PCI E device disabled function Options Auto Enabled Disabled Marvell Lan1 Lan2 Device Onboard PCI E LAN device control function Options Auto Enabled Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode Allows you to select the PCI E compliancy mode Options V1 0a V1 0 Page 4 7 BIOS gt On Chip IDE Devices Scroll to On Chip IDE Devices and press Enter The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode IDE DMA transfer access On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA SATA Mode On Chip Serial ATA PATA IDE Mode IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time The default is Enabled Options Enabled Disabled IDE DMA transfer access Automatic data transfer between system memor
42. nel 9 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Tle Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values Notes PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults None 1 44M 3 5 in All Errors 640K 654 72K 1024K F10 Save Change the day month vear and century ESC Exit Fl General Help Optimized Defaults Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup e If the hard disk Primary Master Slave and Secondary Master Slave are set to Auto the hard disk size and model will be auto detected The Halt On field is used to determine when the BIOS will halt the system if an error occurs Page 4 2 BIOS 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu This menu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the board Pressing the F1 key displays a help message for the selected item Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature gt Hard Disk Boot Priority CPU L1 amp L2 Cache CPU L3 Cache Press Enter Press Enter Enabled Enabled Menu Level Hyper Threading Technology Enabled First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Security Option APIC Mode HDD S M A R T
43. ng 4 in the main menu and Y to confirm Installing Windows Begin Windows XP Setup by booting from the installation CD Atthe beginning of Windows XP Setup press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver When prompted insert a floppy disk created earlier After reading the floppy disk the Intel 822801 FR SATA RAID Controller will be presented select this driver to install 6 Finish the Windows XP installation onto the RAID 1 volume and install all necessary drivers Install the latest Intel Application Accelerator software via the bundled CD ROM This will add the Intel Storage Utility which can be used to manage the RAID configuration Creating RAID 0 Run the Intel Storage Utility from the following link in the Start Menu Start gt Program gt Inte Application Accelerator gt Intel Application Accel erator 9 In the main dialog Select Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive in the Actions menu This will launch the Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Follow the instructions to create a RAID 0 volume on the remaining space on the two hard drives The size will be selected automatically 10 Now use Microsoft Windows XP Disk Management to partition and format the RAID 0 Volume which will appear as a new physical hard drive Once this is complete you may then use the RAID 0 volume as a high performance data storage area or use it as a place to install high pe
44. ngly recommended to use power supplies that have a 5VSB current of gt 2A Please check the SVSB s specification printed on the power supply s outer case Note The board requires a minimum of 350 Watt power supply to operate Your system configura tion amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed this minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power use a 400 Watt or higher power supply i le gt 4 Figure 10 Simple ATX power ON OFF controller Case chassis Power ON OFF button PW ON 3 8 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO Modem Ring Power ON Function The mainboard supports External Modem Ring in Power ON function Once you connect an external modem to COMI or COMO you can turn on the system through remote and host dial up control Keyboard Power ON Function The mainboard features a keyboard power on function to turn on the power supply using a keypress Refer to the Power Management Setup in the BIOS setup section for details To enable this feature the BIOS default setting is Keyboard Hot Key lt Ctrl gt lt F1 gt To power off the system use the Soft OFF function under Windows XP ME 2000 98 refer to Windows online help Page 3 16 Installation 3 9 ACPI S3 Suspend To RAM Function This mainboard supports the STR Suspend To RAM power management scheme by maintain
45. on ew Sie stereo Reastrmoow Rear stereo out _ orange GeneriSubwooter Cener amp Subwooter 9 VO Onboard Winbond W83627THF LPC bus I O controller Legacy peripheral interface for PS 2 keyboard amp mouse FDD Parallel Two Serial Game and IrDA v1 0 compliant Support Hardware Monitoring for fan speed monitoring CPU System temperature and ThermoStick temperature Intelligent fan speed control for CPU fan PWM and Chassis fan DC for quiet operation Page 2 2 9 BIOS Specification Flash EEPROM with Award Plug amp Play BIOS Support ACPI S3 Suspend To RAM mode in ACPI compliant O S Support EZ Boot for fast bootable device selection Support Magic Health for system hardware status report during system boot up 9 Peripheral Interfaces 2 At Rear Panel PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports One Parallel printer port One S PDIF Out Coaxial jack One S PDIF Out Optical One Serial port Two RJ45 LAN connector Four USB2 0 ports Six Audio jacks S Onboard connector and pin header One floppy drive connector One ATA 100 IDE connector Four extra USB2 0 ports One CD IN connector One S PDIF in out connector One IR connector One Game port connector One Serial Port COM2 connector Four S ATA connectors Three Fan connectors One RESET and One PW ON button Page 2 3 Specification 9 Front Panel Controller
46. p of the CPU and into the four holes around CPU area to install the cooler as shown Step6 a Rotate the clips 90 degrees to lock the CPU cooler in place b Plug the cooler fan power into the mainboard s CPU fan connector The installation 15 complete CAUTION nstalling with incorrect CPU cooler and heatsink assemblies may damage the CPU Use Intel s thermal solution shown the illustrations above an active heatsink an extruded aluminum heatsink base and a fan attached to the top of the fin array Apply thermal compound or paste to the CPU to avoid CPU overheating and damage n accordance with Intel guidelines specifications do not install a CPU over 20 times to avoid damaging the pins on the CPU socket Page 3 3 Installation 3 2 Jumper Settings JCMOS Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS Settings 1 2 Normal Default 2 3 Clear CMOS To CMOS Clear data please follow the steps below 1 Turn off the system 2 Change the jumper from 1 2 to 2 3 position for a few seconds 3 Replace the jumper back to the 1 2 position 4 Turn on the system and hold down the key to enter BIOS setup J
47. p parallel ports Reserved Detect amp install co processor Reserved 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo Reserved 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text fond used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 Ifpasswordis set ask for password Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices USB final Initialization NET PC Build SYSID structure Switch screen back to text mode Set up ACPI table at top of memory Invoke ISA adapter ROMs Assign IRQs to PCI devices Initialize Clear noise of IRQs Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final initialization 5 Clear screen amp display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocation 7 Program P6 class write combining 1 Program daylight saving 2 1 2 3 4 5 B oo Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate Build MP table Build amp update ESCD Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick Build MSIRQ routing table oot attempt INT 19h
48. power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer Suspend Mode Automatically shuts off all devices except the CPU after a preset period of system inactivity Options Disabled 1 2 4 6 8 10 20 30 40 min and 1 hour HDD Power Down Powers down the hard disk drive after a preset period of system inactivity Options Disabled 1 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN Use this to select your soft off function The default is Instant Off Instant Off Turns off the system instantly Delay 4Second Turns off the system after a 4 second delay If momentary press of button the system will go into Suspend Mode To wake the system press the power button again Wake Up by PCI Card An input signal form PME on the PCI card awakens the system from 3 suspend state Options Enabled Disabled Page 4 14 BIOS Power On by Ring When enabled any modem activity awakens the system from soft off state Options Enabled Disabled USB Wake Up From S3 This item allows a USB device to wake up the system from S3 suspend state Options Enabled Disabled Resume By Alarm When set to Enable alarm resume you can set the date of month and time hh mm ss that will awaken a system which has been powered down Options Enabled Disabled 4 6 PNP PCI Configuration This page lets the user to modify the PCI IRQ signals when various PCI cards are inserted WARNING Conflicting IRQ s may cause syste
49. pset 925 ICH R 9 Main Memory Four 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets e Support single sided or double sided non ECC 1 8v DDR2 400 533 DIMMs with dual channel architecture in 256Mb 512Mb 1 Gb technologies e Supports up to 4GB memory size Turbo Mode technology support under 1066 800MHz FSB and DDR2 533 Q Expansion Slots Four PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2 3 Two PCI E x1 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1 0a One PCT E x16 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1 0a 9 IDE One IDE interface up to 2 IDE devices with UDMA 33 ATA 66 100 support from embedded IDE controller USB Fight USB connectors compliant with USB2 0 from embedded USB controller 4 connectors at rear panel Page 2 1 Specification S ATA RAID Four S ATA ports with up to 150MBps bandwidth from ICH6R with RAID 0 1 support with Hot Plug support LAN Two Gb Ethernet from onboard Marvell 88E8053 PCT E controller for Dual LAN with Virtual Cable Net Diagnostic support 1394 Two 1394 ports with up to 400Mbps bandwidth from onboard VIA VT6307 1394 controller 9 Audio Selectable 2 6 or 8 CH audio from onboard ALC880 High Definition audio compliant CODEC with 20 bit ADC and 24 bit DAC resolution Support CD In S PDIF in and S PDIF out Optical amp Coaxial S PDIF out available on rear panel Support Jack detection for fool proof audio device installation Rear panel audio jacks configurati
50. py Run the downloaded xxxxx EXE file and it will self extract Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk Note The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs 1 Type A AWDFLASH and press lt Enter gt Key 2 You will see the following setup screen 3 Please key in the xxxxx bin BIOS file name 4 If you want to save the previous BIOS data to the diskette please key in Y otherwise please key in Do You Want To Save Bios Y N Appendix 5 Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file For X W83627 6A69LPA9C DATE 05 11 2000 Flash Type XXX E82802AB 3 3V 6 To confirm and proceed please key in to start the programming For XxXxx W83627 6A69LPA9C DATE 05 11 2000 Flash Type xxx 878 7 3 3Y Checksum you sure to program y n 7 The BIOS update 1 finished For XXX 83627 6 69 DATE 05 11 2000 Flash Type E82802AB 3 3V Checksum 4BO4H 7FEQ Q OK F1 Reset F10 Exit A 2 Appendix Appendix B B 1 Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM This Appendix describes the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM for creating a RAID array on SATA hard drives attached to ICH6R This RAID BIOS provides a pre OS user interface with basic functionality needed to create and delete RAID volumes in a pre OS environment This then allows the OS to be installed directl
51. rant adhesive sticker bundled in the mainboard package THM ST4 3 USDM software utility To setup Thermo Stick 1 Insert the sensor cable to THM ST header on the mainboard 2 Using the adhesive sticker affix the sensor head of the cable to your desired point of measure e g the chipset as in the picture below Trim the adhesive sticker to a suitable size so that it will not affect the heat dissipation of any heatsink 3 Ensure the cable 15 neatly tucked away from fans or other moving parts 4 Install and run the USDM software The temperature will be shown as below Fan Chassis F N VCore RPM 12 CPUFAN VEG RPM 5 Power RPM P EE Temperature Thermo Stick s System INA CPU EI P Page 3 15 Installation 3 7 Power On Off Remote This board has a 24 pin ATX and a 4 pin ATX12V power supply connector to support power supplies with Remote On Off feature The 4 pin ATX12V connector must be plugged in for the system to operate safely The chassis power button should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW header You can turn off the system in two ways by pressing the front panel power On Off button or using the Soft Off function that can be controlled by an operating system such as Windows XP ME 2000 98 Note For maintaining the DDR2 SDRAM power during STR ACPI 53 function it is stro
52. re data can be read Options 2 2 5 3 Auto DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This item sets the timing parameters for the system memory such as the CAS Column Address Strobe and RAS Row Address Strobe Options 2 3 4 5 Auto DRAM RAS Precharge This item refers to the number of cycles required to return data to its original location to close the bank or the number of cycles required to page memory before the next bank activate command can be issued Options 2 3 4 5 Auto Precharge Delay tRAS This item specifies the number of clock cycles needed after a bank active command before a precharge can occur sets the minimum RAS pulse width Options Auto 4 15 System BIOS Cacheable This item allows the system BIOS to be cached in memory for faster execution Options Disabled Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable This item allows the video BIOS to be cached in memory for faster execution Options Disabled Enabled Page 4 6 4 4 Integrated Peripherals tup Integrated Peripherals PCI Express Function On Chip IDE Devices Press Enter Onboard Devices Press Enter SuperI0 Devices Press Enter Marvell Lan Boot ROM Disabled 11 Enter Select PU PD VYalue F18 Save F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults BIOS Item Help ESC Exit Fl General Help F Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Marvell Lan Boot ROM Enable disable the onboard Marvell Lan Boot ROM Options E
53. rformance applications C 3 Appendix C 4 Appendix Appendix D D 1 POST CODES POST hex CFh COh C3h C5h Olh 02h 03h 04h 05h 06h 07h 08h 09h OAh 0B 0Dh OEh OFh 10h 12h 13h 14h 15h 16h 17h DESCRIPTION Test CMOS R W functionality Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 Reserved Initial Superio Early Init switch Reserved 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag Reserved 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface Reserved 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips Reserved Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker Reserved Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run tim
54. spo SZ REALTEK Sound Effect Speaker Configuration dll lt Figure 6 gt e D No output x S PDIF Out Output digital only y 96 KHZ 1 48 KHZ 44 1 KHZ S PDIF Into S PDIF Out pass through mode 6 This page shows S PDIF Out function on your system S PDIF Out Choose the type of audio source that will appear on the S PDIF out connector Page 6 4 Drivers Installation Audio Wizard Audio wizard Front Panel Figure 77 lt Enable auto detection when device plugged Back Panel 7 This mainboard is equipped with jack re tasking feature for Front Panel audio simply plug Microphone Line out into any front panel jack and it will work 8 Figure 8 below shows the back panel audio The Jack sensing capability will warn you if a wrong jack is plugged and will guide you to the right jack Audio Wizard Audio wizard Back Pane Figure 7 Y ou have plugged in the wrong connector please follow the instruction to switch it amp Enable auto detection when device plugged Front Panel Page 6 5 Drivers Installation Page 6 6 Appendix Appendix A A 1 Update Your System BIOS Download the xxxxx EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or flop
55. system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Options Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB CDROM LAN Disabled Boot Other Device When enabled the system searches all other possible locations for an operating system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the first second and third boot devices Options Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek If this item 1s enabled it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start up time You don t need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity Options Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots The default is On On The keypad acts as a 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like cursor keys Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup or just to Setup The default 15 Setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Page 4 4 BIOS APIC Mode This item allows you to enable APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller functionality APIC is an Intel chip that provides symmetric multiprocessing SMP for its Pentium systems Options Enabled Disabled HDD S M A R T Capability The S M A
56. the sum of the all drives when the drives used are having different capacities Spanning stores data onto a drive until it 15 full then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array When any disk member fails the failure affects the entire array JBOD 15 not really RAID and does not support fault tolerance Others Other RAID derivatives are RAID 10 and RAID 5 These RAID levels require more than 2 drives to operate combining the benefits of RAID 0 and RAID 1 Page 5 2 RAID Configuration Intel ICH6R RAID features Support RAID 0 RAID 1 spare and auto rebuild support RAID 1 mirror restore without user interaction Support for 2 RAID arrays on 4 ports Support RAID Ready pre install RAID on one single drive and upgrade to RAID arrays in the future when more drives are added Intel Application Accelerator Powerful software for RAID control and management under Windows environment Support Hot plug disconnect and rebuild RAID on the fly Support Intel Matrix RAID technology Segments the HDD into separate RAID volumes See diagram below Disk 0 Disk 1 RAID 1 volume b fii RAID 0 volume For more information on creating RAID arrays or migrating to RAID with ICHO6R refer to user guide in the bundled CD For optimum system performance 2 SATA drives we recommend to use Intel s Matrix RAID configuration See Appendix C in this manual for a Quick Guide to set up Intel Matrix R
57. tion on using the software utility refer to the user guide in the bundled CD Page 5 6 Drivers Installation Section 6 DRIVER INSTALLATION Easy Driver Installation Once the operating system has been installed you need to install the drivers for the mainboard Method 1 Method 2 Insert the bundled CD into the CD ROM and the main menu screen will appear The main menu displays links to the supported drivers utilities and software gt Method 1 This item installs all drivers automatically gt Method 2 This item allows you to install the drivers selectively Step1 Click INTEL CHIPSET INF FILES to install chipset driver Step2 Click REALTEK High Definition Audio Driver to install audio driver Step3 Click MARVELL GIGA LAN Driver to install LAN driver Step4 Click USB 2 0 Driver to install USB 2 0 driver Step 5 Click INTEL ICH6R RAID Driver to install Intel RAID driver Step 6 Click INTEL APPLICATION ACCELERATOR RAID EDITION to install Intel RAID administrator Main menu items may vary depending on model you purchased Page 6 1 Drivers Installation Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system run the Sound Manager utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user guide to setup Sound Manager For more detailed information refer to Sound
58. ty POWER BIOS Features Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled Item Help Disabled Spread Spectrum Modulated Watch Dog Function Enabled Menu Level CPU CLOCK SPEED 290 Real time Turbo Mode 292Mhz PCI Express Freq Control Auto PCI Express Freq 119 System Memory Frequency AUTO gt DDR490 CPU Clock Ratio 12X gt Voltage Adjust Press Enter Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F 10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 9 PowerBOIS Features Auto Detect PCI When enabled the mainboard automatically disables the clock source for a PCI slot which does not have a module in it reducing EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference Options Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum Modulated If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference generated by the system Options Enabled Disabled Watching Dog Function If you select Enabled and overclock fail before POST code 26h the system will reset automatically by default configuration Options Enabled Disabled Page 4 19 BIOS CPUCLOCK SPEED Enables you to increment CPU s clock generator at 1MHz step This works together with CPU Clock Ratio below to set the CPU operating frequency CPU Clock Generator x CPU Clock Ratio CPU Frequency For example if you have a processor that 1 rated at 2 4GHz and the clock generator is 200M Ez then
59. upport Enable Disable support for USB mouse under DOS Options Enabled Disabled High Definition Audio Intel High Definition Audio Controller This item allows you disable the on chip Audio Options Auto Disabled Game Port Address Select an address for the Game port Options 201 209 Disabled Onboard 1394 Device Enables the onboard 1394 feature Options Enabled Disabled Page 4 10 BIOS gt SuperlO Devices Scroll to SuperIO Devices and press Enter The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility SuperlIO Devices Onboard FDC mu Enabled Item Help Onboard Serial Port Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller FDC If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled n this field Options Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports Options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This field configures the 2nd serial port for IR application Select the required IR protocol or select Normal to disable IR mode Options Normal IrDA and ASKIR Onboard Parallel Port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port Options 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5
60. vers support Shared IRQ PCI 3 or that the cards do not need x16 IRQ assignments IRQ conflicts PCI EXP2 x1 between the two PCI groups PCI EXP3 x1 will make the system unstable Onboard or cards inoperable Onboard LAN2 Onboard 1394 V Onboard USBI V Onboard USB2 V Onboard USB3 V Onboard USB4 V USB 2 0 4 16 BIOS 4 7 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST Enabled ACPI Shutdown Temperature Disabled Current System Temp Menu Level gt Current CPU Temperature Thermo Stick Temperature Current CHASSIS Speed Current CPU FAN Speed Current PWR FAN Speed 1 54 124 VDIMH VBRT V 5YSB CHASSIS Smart Fan Control Disabled CPU Fan Auto Control Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F 10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Optimized Defaults Figure 8 PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST Power On Self Test Options Enabled Disabled ACPI Shutdown Temperature This 15 the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage ment BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system The default is Disabled Options avail
61. y and IDE device with minimum CPU intervention This improves data throughput and frees CPU to perform other tasks Options Enabled Disabled On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The mainboard supports two channel of ordinary IDE interface Select Enabled to activate each channel separately If you do not use the onboard IDE connector set the Onboard Primary Secondary PCI IDE to Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Options Auto Mode 0 4 Page 4 8 BIOS IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Select the mode of operation for the IDE drive Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementa tion is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environ ment includes a DMA driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable UDMA mode by BIOS Options Auto Disabled On Chip Serial ATA Setting SATA Mode This item allows you to select Serial ATA Mode Options IDE RAID AHCI The following screen shows SATA Mode assigned to RAID Mode O S driver for this RAID feature is available only for Windows XP please check future
62. y onto the RAID volume 1 Creating a RAID Volume l 7 Upon re boot you will see the Option ROM status message on the screen press CTRL I to enter the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM user interface In the Main Menu select option 1 Create RAID Volume Enter a name you wish to use for the RAID volume press enter when done select the RAID level using the arrow keys press enter when done Press enter to select the disks to be used by the array that the volume will be created on Press enter when done Select the strip size 128 KB is the default for RAID 0 using the arrow keys press enter when selected done Enter the size for the RAID volume in Gigabytes By default the maximum size that the volume can be will be shown If you modify this field and make it smaller that the maximum size there will be remaining array space on which you can create a second RAID volume using this same procedure Once this 15 done exit the Option ROM user interface 2 Deleting a RAID Volume 1 Enter the main menu of the RAID Option ROM and select option 2 Delete RAID volume You should be presented with another screen listing the existing RAID volume Select the RAID volume you wish to delete using the up and down arrow keys Press the Delete key to delete the RAID volume B 1 Appendix 3 Click Y to confirm Note Option 3 Reset Hard Drives to Non RAID may also be used to delete a RAID volum
63. you leave this at the default value VDIMM Voltage This item allows you to adjust the DIMM slot voltage Options 0 00V to 0 35V in 0 05V increments We recommend that you leave this at the default value 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are de scribed below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal perfor mance system operations Page 4 22 BIOS 4 10 Supervisor User Password Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password or both to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus supervisor password full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus user password only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The pass word typed now will clear any previously entered passwor
64. ystem to the last display Page 3 17 Installation Page 3 18 BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters The modified data is stored in a battery backed CMOS so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there 15 a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device 15 added It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail causing CMOS data loss If this happens you will need install a new CMOS battery and reconfigure your BIOS settings The BIOS setup screen and description are for reference only and may not exactly match what you see on your screen The contents of BIOS are subject to change without notice Please visit our website for BIOS updates To enter the Setup Program Power on the computer and press the key during the POST Power On Self Test The BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY opens Figure 1 Phoenix RwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility gt Standard CHOS Features POWER BIOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp

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