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1. E Flash Boot Block Select to flash Boot Block Ei cear cuos Select to clear CMOS PD Avowtatic pene oie Apply the changes Reset to default value We recommend that you had better keep the default setting unchanged to avoid any damage 4 About amp Help This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate Click here CA OS e m_ FOX LiveUpdate l gt 4 Conecure a Foxconn Fox LiveUpdate Version 1 0 5 7 Show information about L g About amp Help Home Page http JAwwew foxconnchannel com FOX Live U pd ate Contact Us Technical Support Team Website Copyright C 2005 by FoxconnTechnology Group All Rights Reserved R 64 FOX LOGO FOX LOGO is a simple and useful utility to backup change and delete the boot time Logo The boot Logo is the image that appears on screen during POST Power On Self Test You can prepare a JPG image 1024x768 file then use FOX LOGO to open it and change the boot time Logo Boot time Logo will be displayed if you enable the BIOS Quiet Boot setting in Advanced BIOS Features menu Supporting Operating Systems a Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit a Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit Using FOX LOGO Main Page Main screen Exit Ba cku p Backup Lage S l rina Minimize i Change change Logo EEEE Website n p Del Gu pent Logo Senn a About Delete When you change Logo or delete current Logo
2. Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt Date mm dd yy lt weekday gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt format Day weekday from Sun to Sat this message is automatically displayed by BIOS Read Only Month month from 1 to 12 Date date from 1 to 31 Year year set up by users Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use or to input the value gt Time hh mm ss This item allows you to configure the desired time Use ENTER to enter the setting then use TAB to move forward a field Use or to input the value The three fields of the setting are lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt respectively gt Primary IDE Master Slave SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 SATAS E SATA While entering setup BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices and you can enable or disable the related mode and technology for the relevant device This item displays the drive information of IDE devices gt Floppy A This option allows you to select which kind of the Floppy Disk Drive is installed in your system It can be Disabled 360KB 51 4 1 2MB 51 4 720KB 31 2 1 44MB 31 2 and 2 88 MB 31 2 gt Halt On This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error is detected during powering up All Errors All errors can result in system halt All Errors But All errors but keyboard or mouse or floppy can result in sys
3. Auto Auto Auto N 0H dt F9 Optimized Defaults This option is used to adjust the CPU clock gt Memory Speed Mode This item is used to enable disable provision of DRAM timing by SPD device The SerialPres ence Detect SPD device is a small EEPROM chip mounted on a DDR2 memorymodule It 26 contains important information about the module s speed size addressing mode and various other parameters so that the motherboard memory controller chipset can better access the memory device Select Auto for SPD enable mode Select Limit the DRAM speed will not exceed the specified value listed in the Memory Speed Adjust item If SPD value is faster than Memory Speed Adjust value it will run at the specified Memory Speed Adjust speed Otherwise SPD value is selected Select Manual then DRAM speed is manually selected according to the set value of Memory Speed Adjust gt GFX Engine Clock Override This item allows you to enable disable GFX Engine Clock Override support gt PCI Express Clock This option is used to adjust the speed of PCI Express slot It can t enhance the graphics card speed gt CPU Multiplier Adjust This option is used to adjust the CPU Clock Ratio Multiply CPU clock with this ratio you can get the CPU speed Increase this ratio may overclock your CPU gt Spread Spectrum If you enabled this function it can significantly reduce the EMI Electromagnetic Interference gener
4. A85GM Series Motherboard User s Manual Foxconn Statement This manual is the intellectual property of Foxconn Inc Although the information in this manual may be changed or modified at any time Foxconn does not obligate itself to inform the user of these changes Trademark All trademarks are the property of their respective owners Version User s Manual V1 0 for A85GM Series motherboard P N 3A221RQ00 000 G Symbol description J Caution refers to important information that can help you to use motherboard better and tells you how to avoid problems pee Warning indicating a potential risk of hardware damage or physical injury may exist Z The use of this symbol indicates that this product may not be treated as household WEEE waste By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health which could other wise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product For more detailed information about recycling of this product please contact your local city office your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased this product More information If you want more information about our products please visit Foxconn s website http www foxconnchannel com All rights reserved All trade names are registered trademarks of respective manufacturers listed All images are for r
5. The LED is located at the front panel and it displays POST state by different long short blinking intervals You can always leave this state enabled Power LED Status Stop Blinking Condition Continue blinking On 1sec Off 1sec No VGA Card detec Continue blinking On 2sec Off 2sec Quick blinking twice 1 3sec On 1 3sec Off Pest Error Message one long On 1sec continuously Continue blinking On 1 2sec Off 1 2sec No CPU Fan gt Smart Boot Menu Reboot amp Memory OK Reboot amp Display OK Enter Setup or Skip Reboot amp Fan OK When PC starts it will ask you to press Del key to enter setup or press Esc key to enter smart boot menu If Disabled is selected then pressing Esc has no function gt Current CPU Speed This item displays the current CPU speed gt Current FSB Multiplier This item displays the current FSB Ratio gt Current DRAM Speed This item displays the current DRAM speed in dual channels Fox Intelligent Stepping CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc CPU Clock Memory Speed Mode GFX Engine Clock Override PCI Express Clock CPU Multiplier Adjust Spread Spectrum CPU NB HT Link Speed NCHT Incoming Link Width NCHT Outgoing Link Width t lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save F1 General Help gt CPU Clock Fox Intelligent Stepping 200 Help Item Auto Disabled 100 Auto IESS
6. This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet Click start it will search the new drivers from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here FFoxtveuiate SSSSCSCS 7 7 7 a Eem al Update Current System Information ing System Windows Vista TM Ultimate P m_ FOX LiveUpdate Current information Driver Information 2 Update Driver Realtek HDA Audio Driver Version 6 0 1 5464 Update utility Update all Search new driver from server Search new drivers gt BP configure from Internet P D About amp Hep Select the driver to update List offdriver to be updated O Ww intel Chipset Driver Version 8 4 0 1013 O JMicron RAID Driver Version 1 17 25 2 Install Ww the latest driver only list the latest driver 2 3 Online Update Update Utility Click here Browse detailed information Install the selected driver Close the window This page lets you update utilities from Internet Click start it will search the new utilities from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Operating System Windows Vista TM Ultimate E oni Up ate Driver Update Utility Update All Search new utility from server Select the utility to update Ww FOX LOGO Version 1 0 0 8 FOX DMI Version 1 0 0 5 Ww the latest utility only list the latest utilit
7. C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Fox Central Control Unit Super BIOS Protect Disabled Help Item Auto Detect PCI Clock Disabled gt Smart BIOS Press Enter gt Fox Intelligent Stepping Press Enter gt Voltage Options Press Enter Disabled gt CPU Configuration Press Enter Enabled l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt Super BIOS Protect To protect the system BIOS from virus attack there is a BIOS write protection mechanism provided Super BIOS Protect function protects your BIOS from being affected by viruses e g CIH gt Auto Detect PCI Clock This option is used to auto detect PCI slot When enabled the system will turn off clock of the empty PCI slot to reduce EMI Electromagnetic Interference gt Smart BIOS Fox Intelligent Stepping Voltage Options CPU Configuration Press lt Enter gt to go to its submenu Smart BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Smart BIOS Smart Power LED Enabled Help Item Smart Boot Menu IEG Current CPU Speed 2700MHz NB CIK N A Current FSB Multiplier 13 5x Disabled Current DRAM Speed 333 MHz N A Enabled t lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults 25 gt Smart Power LED Smart Power LED is a feature built on your motherboard to indicate different states during Power On System Test POST
8. C Create an MS DOS startup disk L Format 3 4 Floppy A WARNING Formatting will erase ALL data on this disk To format the disk click OK To quit click CANCEL Formatting 314 Floppy A x 1 Format Complete DEAR ka E i My Documents 5i 4 My Computer E S Local Disk C ee rant E S Local Disk D 2KB 5 s data E H S GHOST F E 4 Driver CD G E Bin E 5 Driver 74 SS ahcix86 File l KB txtsetup oem OEM File 10 KB 5 2 RAID Enable in BIOS 1 Enter the BIOS setup by pressing lt DEL gt key when boot up 2 Select the Integrated Peripherals from the Main menu then select the SATA Configuration menu and press lt Enter gt to go to the configuration items 3 Enable RAID function and individual SATA port for hard drive or DVD connection 4 Press lt F10 gt to save the setting then PC will reboot itself CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc IDE Configuration IDE Configuration Help Item OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Enabled OnChip SATA Channel Enabled OnChip SATA Type RAID Native IDE SATA IDE Combined Enabled AAD AHCI Legacy IDE t lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults 5 3 Select a RAID Array for Use When BIOS is restarted it will display a message asking you to press Ctrl F key to enter the main menu of Option ROM Utility Press
9. FOX LiveUpdate to Update instal the new Search for different versions only We arenndanavee install the new FOX LiveUpdate E Search for the latest version only before update BIOS FOX Live U pd ate Would you like to install 5 Apply gt Default gt P D About amp Help Install Cancel yy z a g 1012 3 2 Configure System This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the FOX LiveUpdate utility Click here f FOX LiveUpdate kronor rasfe ona Wore rowers D E aa cee z FOX LiveUpdate m j Download fies Set the location of Browse t Corfigure download files or i Auto backup BIOS before updating BIOS pecs auto backup BIOS Start Up Select different skin of the software mf Run When System Starts Reset to default value Determine if the FOX LiveUpdate can Apply the changes auto run when the system starts up 63 3 3 Configure Advance This page lets you select to flash BIOS Boot Block and clear CMOS If you choose Flash Boot Block it means BIOS is not protective and you must make sure the flash process is continuous and without any interruption Click here Ff roxtveupdate mm AeA i g ree Select which BIOS ROM TEES to flash Only available to Loch Update pe Flash BIOS To g Main BIOS ROM 1 Backup BIOS ROM motherboard with backup BIOS ROM e maa
10. When you select S3 STR mode the power will be down after a period of time The status of the computer before it entering STR will be saved in memory and the computer can quickly return to previous state when the STR function wakes gt Power On After Power Fail 38 This item is used to set which state the PC will take with when it resumes after an AC power loss gt HPET Support HPET stands for High Precision Even Timer If you have the HPET disabled then windows does not have access to it and therefore falls back to less accurate timing methods This item is used to enable or disable the HPET Suppport gt Resume by LAN This item is used to enable disable the OnBoard LAN to generate a wake up gt Resume by PCI Card This item is used to enable disable the PCI card to generate a wake up gt Resume by PCIE Card This item is used to enable disable the PCIE card to generate a wake up gt Resume by USB Devices This item is used to enable disable the USB keyboard and mouse to generate a wake up gt Resume by PS2 Keyboard This item is used to enable disable the PS2 keyboard to generate a wake up gt Resume by PS2 Mouse This item is used to enable disable the PS2 mouse to generate a wake up gt Resume by RTC This item is used to enable disable RTC alarm event to generate a wake up RTC is system real time clock gt RTC Alarm Date Days When Resume by RTC is enabled select a specific date to generate a wake up gt RTC A
11. between the CAS and RAS strobe signals gt TRP Precharge Command Period 32 This item allows you to select the row precharge time in clock cycles gt tRTP Internal Read to Precharge Command Delay Internal READ Command to PRECHARGE Command delay gt TRAS Active to Precharge Delay This item allows you to set the minimum RAS active time in clock cycles gt TRC Active to Active Auto Refresh Command Period This item allows you to set the row cycle time in clock cycles tRC tRAS tRP gt tWR Write Recovery This item allows you to select the write recovery time in clock cycles gt TRRD Active to Active of a Different Bank This item allows you to select a delay time in clock cycles between the RAS and RAS strobe signals gt tRWTTO Read to Write Turnaround for Data This timing parameter ensures read to write data bus turnaround gt TwrrD Write to Read DIMM Termination Turn around This timing parameter accounts for termination timing when a write is followed by a read to a different DIMM gt tWTR Internal Write to Read Command Delay This item allows you to select a delay time in clock cycles between sending the last data from a write operation to the memory and issuing a read command gt Twrwr Write to Write Timing This timing parameter accounts for turn around timing when a write is followed by a write to a different DIMM gt Trdrd Read to Read Timing This timing parameter accounts f
12. press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit 90 9 Windows will display the partition of your system As we are using a Mirrored RAID array aS an example its size 232 88GB is now displayed as 238410MB You can press C to create partitions as many as you wish assign them C D or E logical drive names Note 238410MB 1024 232 82GB Windows XP Professional Setup The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP ad DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list e To set up Windows XP on the selected item press ENTER e To create a partition in the unpartitioned space press C e To delete the selected partitions press D 238410 MB Disk 0 at Id 1 on bus 0 on ahcix86 MBR Unpartitioned space 238410 MB ENTER Install C Create Partition F3 Quit 10 In this example we will create a 30GB partition C and leave the remainding space as a partition E D is allocated by a DVD drive 11 Press lt Enter gt to install Windows The Windows XP install processes will ask you to format your hard disk then copy files etc Follow the installation steps until the whole Windows is setup Windows XP Professional Setup The following list shows the existing partitions and
13. the system will flash BIOS file auto matically During this time please DO NOT shut down the application and the system or the motherboard will be damaged seriously 65 FOX DMI FOX DMI is a full Desktop Management Interface viewer and it provides three DMI data formats Report Data Fields and Memory Dump With DMI information system maker can easily analyze and troubleshoot your mother board if there is any problem occurred Supporting Operating Systems 5 Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit E Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit Using FOX DMI Please operate this utility as the comments shows Click here to select the DMI Data format you need Click here to select the type you want to view et FOX DMI File vienaip H Report Data Fields Dump Processor Information Type 4 IBID WWE Base Board Information amp BIOS Information Cache Information gE Memory Array Mapped Addre S Memory Controller Informatio B Memory Device Information B Memory Device Mapped Addr B Memory Module Information gE Physical Memory Array Processor Information re System Boot Information y System Enclosure or chassis w System Information System Slots Socket Designation Processor Type Processor Family Processor Manufacturer Processor ID Processor Version Legacy Mode Processor Current Voltage Times 10 External Clock Max Speed Current Speed CPU Status Processor Upgrad
14. 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc IDE Configuration IDE Configuration Help Item OnBoard PCI IDE Controller IEE OnChip SATA Channel IESO OnChip SATA Type RAID Native IDE SATA IDE Combined Enabled AZAN ID AHCI Legacy IDE l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults 92 2 Select a RAID array for use also can refer to section 5 3 After rebooting your computer you will see the RAID software prompting you to press Ctrl F Press Ctrl F to enter the Option ROM Utility and configure the mirrored RAID array as described in the 5 3 section Finally you can reach this step as depicted Option ROM Utility c 2008 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu LD 1 RAID 1 2 249 99 Functional Keys Available 3 Exit Option ROM Utility and restart computer to go to Windows 4 In Windows click Cancel to skip any Found New Hardware Wizard Use driver CD and click on AMD RAID Driver to install the AMD RAID driver The RAID driver will be installed only when you select RAID in OnChip SATA Type setting If you do not select RAID then RAID driver will not be installed AMD Chipset Driver Realtek HDA Audio Driver Broadcom LAN Driver AMD RAID Driver 93 5 After the AMD RAID driver is installed it will ask you to click Finish to restart your computer T FXSetup Completing the Device Driver Setup Setup has finished installing software Fo
15. 2 Local Update Backup This page can backup your system BIOS You can click Backup and key in a file name then click Save to finish the backup operation The extension of this backup file is BIN for Award BIOS and ROM for AMI BIOS Default directory is C Desktop My Documents in Windows XP and Documents in Vista Make sure you can remember the file name together with the directory which it is stored prevented that you may need them to recover your BIOS later ae 5 Fe user _ a Save in E Documents a amp ey Ez gt i Name Date modified Type Size Tags E My Music Key in a BIOS name fa My Pictures fay My Videos _ Visual Studio 2005 File name Si Click here Save as type ROM File ROM 1 3 Local Update Update This page helps you to update your BIOS from a local file After click Update An alert message will be displayed to ensure if you really want to continue click Yes to confirm A setup wizard will guide you to load a local BIOS file to finish the operation You must remember from which directory to load your new BIOS file with an extension of BIN for Award BIOS ROM for AMI BIOS before the setup wizard starts Local Update Updating may cause some problems eg the computer restarting may be failed which are not guaranteed by Foxconn s product warranty Are you sure to continue t Onine update onfig
16. CHUNG SHAN RD TU CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TAIPEI HSIEN TAIWAN R O C Supplementary Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Tested to comply with FCC standards Signature yn ae Date 2009 Installation Precautions ep Bile Electrostatic discharge ESD is the sudden and momentary electric current that flows between two objects at different electrical potentials Normally it comes out as a spark which will quickly damage your electronic equipment Please wear an electrostatic discharge ESD wrist strap when handling components such as a motherboard CPU or memory Ensure that the DC power supply is turned off before installing or removing CPU memory expansion cards or other peripherals It is recommended to unplug the AC power cord from the power supply outlet Failure to unplug the power supply cord may result in serious damage to your system Please carefully read the following procedures to install your computer It is suggested to select high quality certified fans in order to avoid damage to the motherboard and CPU due to high temperature Never turn on the computer if the CPU fan is not properly installed We cannot guarantee that your system can operate normally
17. Create RAID Ready A RAID Ready system is a specific system configuration that with the addition of a second Serial ATA hard drive can be seamlessly migrated to a configuration that provides either improved storage performance or data protection from a single hard drive failure 1 Select 2 from the main menu Define LD Menu appears Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status MNP AN lle om t Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select 2 Press Enter the screen appears as below select RAID Ready 3 Use key to select the hard disk press Space key to change its assignment status to Y 4 Press Ctrl Y to save the setting Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu EDEN RAID Mode Total Drv LD i RAID READY i Stripe Block NA Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary NA Cache Mode WriteThru Drives Assignment Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82 34 2 Mas WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO SATA 1 5G 120 03 3 Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250 05 4 Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1 5G 320 07 84 5 Amessage prompts Press Ctrl Y to erase the RAID array Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc EDENO RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID READY j Stripe Block NA Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary NA Cache Mode WriteThru Channel ID F
18. Ctrl F the Main Menu appears Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc View Drive Assignment Define LD Delete LD Controller Configuration Keys Available Press 1 4 to Select Option ESC Exit 19 Create RAID 0 Striped Here we will show you how to create two RAID 0 Logical Drives LD by using two hard disks 1 Select 2 from the main menu Define LD Menu appears Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status Keys Available t Up Down ESC Exit Enter Select 2 Press Enter the screen appears as below select RAID 0 3 Use key to select the hard disks press Space key to change its assignment status to Y 4 Press Ctrl Y to save the setting Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu EDENO RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID O 0 Stripe Block 64 KB Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary ON Cache Mode WriteThru Drives Assignment Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82 34 2 Mas WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO SATA 1 5G 120 03 3 Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250 05 4 Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1 5G 320 07 Keys Available t Up J Down ESC Exit Space Change Ctrl Y Save PgUp Dn Page Change 76 5 Amessage prompts Fast Initialization Option has been selected Press Ctrl Y to
19. Init ON Gigabyte Boundary ON Cache Mode WriteThru Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82 34 2 Mas WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO SATA 1 5G 120 03 3 Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250 05 4 Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1 5G 320 07 Press Ctrl Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any Fast Initial other key to use maximum capacity 7 The creation of RAID 1 is completed The final capacity of 249 99GB 250GB is the smaller size of the two hard drives Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status RAID 1 Functional t Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select 81 Create RAID 10 Striped Mirror Here we will show you how to create one Striped Mirror Logical Drives LD by using four hard disks 1 Select 2 from the main menu Define LD Menu appears Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status Keys Available t Up Down ESC Exit Enter Select 2 Press Enter the screen appears as below select RAID 10 3 Use key to select the hard disks press Space key to change its assignment status to Y 4 Press Ctrl Y to save the setting Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu EDENO RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 10 4 Stripe Block 64 KB Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary O
20. build CPU architecture systems with two or more processors MPS 1 1 was the original specification MPS version 1 4 adds extended configuration tables for improved support of multiple PCI bus configurations and greater expandability in the future In addition MPS 1 4 introduces support for a secondary PCI bus without requiring a PCI bridge If your operating system comes with support for MPS 1 4 you should keep the setting as the default 1 4 You also need to enable MPS 1 4 support if you need to make use of the secondary PCI bus on a motherboard that doesn t come with a PCI bridge You should only leave it as 1 1 only if you are running an older operating system that only supports MPS 1 1 gt PCI Latency Timer This item is used to set the PCI latency timer The value is in unit of PCI cycle for PCI device latency timer register Setting values are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 This feature controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over The larger the value the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus Low values for the PCI Latency Timer will reduce the effective PCI bandwidth while higher values means every PCI device will have to wait longer before they can get access to the bus but when they do get access they can conduct their transactions for a longer time Normally a default value of 64 cycles is set Some PCI devices may not agree with longer latency times so if you start facing problems like
21. convert m Removable Storage empty basic disks to dynamic disks Disk Defragmenter Disk Management i Ta Services and Applications You can us dynamic disks to create software based RAID volumes that can be mirrored or they can be striped or spanned across multiple disks You can also expand single disk and spanned volumes without having to restart the computer 28Disk 0 Basic 76 69 GB Online After you convert a disk to dynamic you can only use a Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows on any isk 1 volume of that disk Unknown 232 82 GB To continue click Next Not Initialized 8 A Select Disks to Initialize window will appear The disks listed depend on how many arrays you have configured Select Disk1 and click Next to continue 9 When Select Disks to Convert window appears do not select anything and click Next to continue 10 When the Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window appears click Finish to complete the wizard Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard You have successfully completed the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard You selected the following settings Initialize Disk 1 Convert None To close this wizard click Finish 11 The Computer Management window appears The actual disks listed will depend on your system In below figure you can see there is a 232 82 GB unallocated partition You
22. literate A FOX ONE B FOX LiveUpdate C FOX LOGO D FOX DMI E Microsoft DirectX 9 0 F Adobe Acrobat Reader G Norton Internet Security H AMD RAID Utility 43 Install driver and utility 1 Install Driver You must click AMD Chipset Driver to install it first After that you can click One Click Setup to install all the other drivers left or you can click on each individual driver to install it manually Manual Instal lation Step by Step Automatic Installation by One Click Exit the program Click to visit Select to In Select to In Browse CD Drop to System Tray Foxconn s stall Utilities stall Drivers website 2 Install Utility You can select the specific utility to install 44 FOX ONE FOX ONE is a powerful utility for easily modifying system settings It also allows users to monitor various temperature values voltage values frequencies and fan speeds at any time With FOX ONE you can 5 Modify system performance settings such as the CPU and memory bus speeds CPU voltages fan speeds and other system performance options a Monitor hardware temperatures voltages frequencies and fan speeds Depending on hardware support voltage monitoring and Fox Intelligent Stepping features are optional and only supported in some models If the option is selectable it also means the feature is supported E Voltage Monitoring is supported only in FOX ONE Premium amp Deluxe pr
23. must format the unallocated disk space before using it Right click Unallocated space select New Partition and follow the Wizard instructions g Computer Management TER Fie Action view Window Help la x gt ome aes aa Computer Management Local Layout _ Type File System Status Capacit i System Tools Sic Partition Basic FAT32 Healthy System 14 64 GB E Event Viewer E ps3 Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 20 51 GB X Shared Folders E GHOST F Partition Basic FAT32 Healthy 21 71 GB i Local Users and Groups A Driver CD G Partition Basic CDFS Healthy 801 MB al Performance Logs and Alerts 3 data E Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 19 80 GB 2 Device Manager Sy Storage 4 Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management i m i Ta Services and Applications oisko Basic C9 D data E GHOST F 76 69 GB 14 65 GBF f 20 51 GB 19 80GBN 21 72 GBF Online Healthy 5 J Healthy Healthy Healthy ES8Disk 1 Basic 232 82 GB 1232 82 GB Online Unallocated I gt BE Unallocated Primary partition W Extended pa Properties Help 12 When New Partition Wizard appears click Next to continue 13 When Primary partition screen appears click Next to continue 14 When Specify Partition Size screen appears click Next to continue 15 When Assign Drive Letter or Path screen appears click Next to conti
24. to Setup gt Load Optimal Defaults The optimal performance settings can be loaded through this menu However it may offer bet ter performance in some ways such as less I O cards less memory etc still it may cause problem if you have more memory or I O cards installed It means if your system loading is heavy set to optimal default may sometimes come out an unstable system What you need now is to adjust BIOS setting one by one trial and error to find out the best setting for your current system gt Save Changes and Exit Save setting values to CMOS and exit gt Discard Changes and Exit Do not change anything and exit the setup 20 System Information This sub menu is used to set up the standard BIOS features such as the date time floppy drive and so on Use the arrow up down keys to select an item then use the lt gt or lt gt keys to change the setting CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc System Information Date mm dd yy Mon 07 06 2009 A Time hh mm ss 11 59 49 gt IDE Master Use Enter TAB gt IDE Slave or SHIFT TAB to gt SATA1 select a field gt SATA2 gt SATA3 Use or to gt SATA4 change system Date gt SATAS gt E SATA Floppy A 1 44 MB 31 2 mt limelal All Errors But Keyboard Disabled Mouse Disabled Floppy Disabled Model Name A85GM 21109 1D 933F1D06 l Move Enter Select
25. Information E Advanced BIOS Features m Fox Central Control Unit n 7 Advanced Chipset Features a Integrated Peripherals s a Power Management Setup a PC Health Status m BIOS Security Features 5 les Ss a Load Optimal Defaults ee Sav Changes and Exit na TO i Distard Changes and Exit os N lt An Since BIOS could be updated some other times the BIOS information described in this manual is for reference only We do not guarantee the content of this manual will remain consistent with the newly released BIOS at any given time in a the future Please visit our website for updated manual if it is available Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance Power on the computer when the message Press lt DEL gt to enter Setup lt ESC gt to boot menu appears at the bottom of the screen you can press lt DEL gt key to enter SETUP We do not suggest that you change the default values in the BIOS Setup and we shall not be responsible for any damage which resulted from the change you made Main Menu The main menu allows you to select from a list of setup functions together with two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select a specific item and press lt Enter gt to go to the sub menu Each item in the main menu is explained below CMOS Setup Utili
26. Limit Setting CPU Fan This page lets you to set CPU fan low limit rom and enable the alert function Show current CPU fan rpm value Enable alert function when the CPU fan runs CPU Temp Sys Temp ih pt n Wk slower than the low limit rom value Show current low limit rpm value of CPU fan opeed Set low limit rpm by dragging the lever 4 4 Limit Setting System Fan This page lets you to set system fan low limit rom and enable the alert function Show current system fan rom value ah Q f Fi 5 Sarco Grea Oy Lemay j Enable alert function CPU Temp Sys Temp CP JFan FANiFan i A when the system fan runs slower than low limit rom value Enable Alert Show current low limit rpm value of system fan Set low limit rom by dragging the lever 54 4 5 Limit Setting FAN1 Fan This page lets you to set FAN1 fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function Show current FAN 1 fan rpm value Ta 4 Enable alert function when the FAN1 fan runs slower than low limit rom value CPU Temp Sys Temp CPt Fan Sys Fan Enable Alert Show current low limit rpm value of FAN1 fan pe FF YY EEr Er ee Set low limit rom by dragging the lever 5 Voltage Page Voltage Control Optional This page lets you set CPU voltage memory voltage and North Bridge voltage manually CPU voltage can be stepped up down by a unit of 12 5mV while memory
27. Mirror Here we will show you how to create one Mirrored Logical Drives LD by using two hard disks 1 Select 2 from the main menu Define LD Menu appears Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status Keys Available t Up Down ESC Exit Enter Select 2 Press Enter the screen appears as below select RAID 1 3 Use key to select the hard disks press Space key to change its assignment status to Y 4 Press Ctrl Y to save the setting Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu EDENO RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 1 2 Stripe Block NA Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary ON Cache Mode WriteThru Drives Assignment Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82 34 2 Mas WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO SATA 1 5G 120 03 3 Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250 05 4 Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1 5G 320 07 80 5 A message prompts Fast Initialization Option has been selected Press Ctrl Y to erase the RAID array It will erase the MBR data of the disks lt Press Ctrl Y Key if you are sure to erase it gt lt Press any other key to ignore this option gt 6 Another screen prompts Press any key to use the maximum capacity Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 1 2 Stripe Block NA Fast
28. N Cache Mode WriteThru Drives Assignment Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82 34 2 Mas WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO SATA 1 5G 120 03 3 Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250 05 4 Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1 5G 320 07 82 5 A message prompts Fast Initialization Option has been selected Press Ctrl Y to erase the RAID array It will erase the MBR data of the disks lt Press Ctrl Y Key if you are sure to erase it gt lt Press any other key to ignore this option gt 6 Another screen prompts Press any key to use the maximum capacity Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc EDENO RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 10 4 Stripe Block 64 KB Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary ON Cache Mode WriteThru Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82 34 2 Mas WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO SATA 1 5G 120 03 3 Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250 05 4 Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1 5G 320 07 T Press Ctrl Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any Fast Initial other key to use maximum capacity 7 The creation of RAID 10 is completed The final capacity of 163 99GB 81 995GB 2 is twice capacities of the smallest size of the four hard drives Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status RAID 10 163 99 Functional t Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select 83
29. PL sequence from the 3rd Boot Device 1st Floppy Drive available devices A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu t lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F2 F3 Change Colors F9 Optimized Defaults 4 The computer will reboot and it will start installing Windows Operating System Watch the screen carefully when the following picture appears press lt F6 gt key immediately If you forget to do this PC will go to an fatal blue screen and you may need to reboot the system again PC may not respond to your lt F6 gt input immediately and it keeps loading files until the next screen displays Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver 88 5 After some files are copied to your system the following picture appears press lt S gt to continue the specific driver installation Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Currently Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s lt none gt To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drivers or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage
30. S Calibration FOX Intelligent Stepping Optional This function will re calibrate the CPU s loading and it may take several minutes to proceed The FOX ONE calibration process will apply different loadings to your CPU record PWM IC voltage together with the CPU clock running at these loadings so it can define and estimate within a particular range of system loading what the CPU clock should be 48 Step 1 Click Calibration icon a message pops out to ask for continue Select Yes PYES Step 2 After data is collected it will ask you to restart your computer now Later on when the FOX ONE program is activated and F I S feature in CPU Page is also enabled FOX ONE will automatically adjust your CPU clock according to your system loadings Loadings are like Power Gaming Data Mining etc 49 2 CPU Page CPU Control This page lets you select or overclock CPU clock to meet the current performance level of the system The fastest and suitable CPU clock running for current system can be calculated by FOX ONE automatically or manually input by yourselves Manual You can press the up down button to adjust your CPU clock Auto Click this button to let FOX ONE check the highest CPU clock you can use System will raise the CPU clock step by step until it hangs you can then push the RESET button on your PC panel to restart the system When system restarts run FOX ONE again it will display a recommen
31. a screwdriver for a few seconds but using jumper cap is recommended It can prevent hazardous ESD Electrical Static Discharge problem OM 2 Set Pin 1 and Pin 2 closed 1 s 5 Set Pin 2 and Pin 3 closed Clear CMOS Jumper CLR_CMOS The motherboard uses CMOS RAM to store the basic hardware information such as BIOS data date time information hardware password etc Clear CMOS data is the fast way to go back to factory default when the BIOS settings were mistakenly modified The steps to clear CMOS data are 1 Turn off the computer unplug the power cord from the power outlet 2 Remove jumper cap from pins 2 3 put it onto pins 1 2 to short them This will clear CMOS data 3 Return the setting to its original with pins 2 3 closed 4 Plug in the power cord to your computer and turn it on 5 Go to BIOS Setup to configure new system as described in next chapter N Clear oO Normal Default CLR_CMOS 17 This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided You have to run the Setup Program when the following cases oc a m m cur g 1 An error message appears on the screen during the system Power On Self Test POST process 2 You want to change the default CMOS settings This chapter includes the following information a Enter BIOS Setup m Main Menu E System
32. alled the Supervisor Password the following items will appear Load Optimal Defaults Optimal defaults are the best settings of this motherboard Always load the Optimal defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS values Select this option and press Enter it will pop out a dialogue box to let you load the defaults Select lt OK gt and then press lt Enter gt to load the defaults Select lt Cancel gt and press lt Enter gt it will not load By this default BIOS have set the optimal performance parameters of system to improve the performances of system components But if the optimal performance parameters to be set cannot be supported by your hardware devices for example too many expansion cards were installed the system might fail to work Load Optimal Defaults OK Cancel Save Changes and Exit When you select this option and press lt Enter gt a message eo f Save configuration changes and exit setup will be displayed in the center of the screen Select OK to save your changes to CMOS and exit the pro TOK Cancel gram select Cancel or lt ESC gt to return to the main menu Discard Changes and Exit If you select this option and press lt Enter gt the following message will be displayed in the center of the screen Select OK to exit CMOS without saving your modifications OK Cancel select Cancel or lt ESC gt to return to the main menu 41 Discard changes and exit
33. ast Initialization Option has been selected Assignment 1 Mas It will erase the MBR data of the disks 2 Mas lt Press Ctrl Y Key if you are sure to erase it gt 3 Mas lt Press any other key to ignore this option gt 4 Mas T Up J Down ESC Exit Space Change Ctrl Y Save PgUp Dn Page Change 6 The creation of RAID Ready is completed Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status RAID READY 319 99 Functional t Up Down ESC Exit Enter Select 85 Create JBOD Here we will show you how to create a JBOD Logical Drives LD by using four hard disks 1 Select 2 from the main menu Define LD Menu appears Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status Keys Available t Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select 2 Press Enter the screen appears as below select JBOD 3 Use key to select the hard disks press Space key to change its assignment status to Y 4 Press Ctrl Y to save the setting Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 4 5 0 B 4 Stripe Block NA Fast Init Gigabyte Boundary NA Cache Mode Drives Assignment Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82 34 2 Mas WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO SATA 1 5G 120 03 3 Mas H
34. ate C1E drops the CPU s multiplier and voltage to lower levels when a HLT halt command is issued This item is used to enable disable the C1E support 29 Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Chipset Features Northbridge Chipset Configuration Help Item gt Memory Configuration Press Enter gt DRAM Tim ing Configuration Internal Graphics Configuration Internal Graphics Mode UMA UMA Frame Buffer Size Auto Primary Video Controller PCI GFXO IGFX AMD 880 HD Audio Enabled l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt Memory Configuration DRAM Timing Configuration Press lt Enter gt to go to its submenu The following six items display the DRAM timing values gt CAS Latency This item shows the CAS latency The CAS Latency is the number of clock cycles that elapse from the time the request for data is sent to the actual memory location until the data is transmitted from the module gt RAS CAS Delay This item displays a delay time in clock cycles between the CAS and RAS strobe signals gt Row Precharge Time This item shows the number of clock cycles taken between issuing of the precharge command and the active command The DRAM row precharge time is in unit of clock cycle gt Min Active RAS Displays the number of clock cycles taken between a bank active command and issui
35. ated by the system so to comply with FCC regulation But if overclocking is activated you had better disable it gt CPU NB HT Link Speed HT stands for HyperTransport bus The CPU lt gt NB HT Speed option controls the physical speed of the CPU to Northbridge HT link using multipliers ranging 1x to 13x The physical speed of the link is determined by multiplying the CPU FSB with the CPU lt gt NB HT Speed setting gt CPU NB HT Incoming Link Width CPU NB HT Outcoming Link Width The coherency refers to the caching of memory and the HT links between processors are co herent HT links as the HT protocol includes messages for managing the cache protocol Other non processor processor HT links are Non Coherent HT links as they do not have memory cache The HyperTransport link width and frequency are initialized between the adjacent coherent and or noncoherent HyperTransport technology devices during the reset sequence It is highly recommended to set to Auto for overall performance 27 Voltage Options CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Voltage Options CPU Voltage Control Disabled Help Item Memory Voltage Control Disabled NB Voltage Control Disabled HT SB Voltage Control Disabled Disabled 25mV 50mV 75mV 100mV 125mV 150mV 175mV 200mV 225mV 250mV 275mV 300mV 325mV 350mV l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General He
36. cally adjust its clock according to current system loading 3 Frequency Page Frequency Control This page lets you set memory and PCI Express frequencies by manual Go to Freq page o fn S 4 S TE Close this page Select the option you want to set Adjust by manual Reset the changes Apply the changes 52 4 Limit Setting 4 1 Limit Setting CPU Temperature This page lets you to set CPU high limit temperature and enable the alert function Go to Limit Show current CPU Setting page temperature value F_f E ol FOr ONE TE Ene ey Enable alert function a d Er Grea Gey ea L x when the CPU Sys temp CPUFan Sys Fan FAN1Fan P temperature is higher GOE 9439F Enable Alert than high limit value an j 176 Show current high limit value of the CPU temperature PF GU Oe r eee Set high limit by dragging the lever 4 2 Limit Setting System Temperature This page lets you to set system high limit temperature and enable the alert function Show current system temperature value 4 TE p EAO EA TE h Sf Frag AASA Voltage in CPU Temp CPUFar Sys Fan FANi Fan WG Enable alert function when the system temperature is higher Enable Alert than high limit value Show current high limit value of system temperature ystem Pp or re F F FF WY Ee ee ee Set high limit by dragging the lever 53 4 3
37. ch options Auto Search BIOS Auto Search Driver Auto Search Utity Set auto search 0 Search FOX LiveUpda the latest FOX LiveUpdate Search for different versions only Select sea rch 5 Search for the latest version only which kind of versions Apply the changes Reset to default value Double click on the icon as show below you can see the detailed information F FOX LiveUpdate 2 m FOX LiveUpdate gt a Local Update Enable auto search function gt Online Update Auto Search All Auto Search BIOS Y Config gZ abi Auto Search Driver E 3 Option Auto Search Utility Auto Search FOX LiveUpdate m i Sya El Auto Search Latest FOX LiveUpdate A vance Version Fiter Search for all available versions Search for different versions only i Search for the latest version only FOX LiveUpdate z2 About amp Help There are new BIOS drivers utilities to update 62 When you enable Auto Search FOX LiveUpdate if your FOX LiveUpdate version is older it will auto search from internet and prompt you to install the new version Enable auto search function sJ Auto Search All Auto Search BIOS j Auto Search Driver Auto Search Utility Auto Search FOX LiveUpdate F New FOX LiveUpdate M Auto Search Latest FOX LiveUpdate There are maybe new Prompt you to Search for all available versions
38. ctor is used to connect speaker of SPKJ 1 the chassis EMPTY E 2 NC 3 SPKJ 4 SPEAKER 14 COM Connector COM1 This motherboard supports one serial RS232 COM port for legacy compatibility User must purchase another RS232 sour as cable with a 9 pin D sub connector at one end to connect GND Dsk with the external RS232 device and another end with 10 RTS ee pin female connector to connect with COM1 connector in RI EMPTY the motherboard 9 10 COM 1 1 5V IrDA Connector IR i all This connector supports infrared wireless transmitting and 4 GND receiving device 5 USB Connectors F_USB1 2 In addition to the six USB ports on the rear panel this product also provides three 10 pin USB headers on its motherboard By connecting through USB cables with them user can quickly expand another four USB ports on the front panel 9 10 bi F_USB 1 2 me N Serial ATA Connectors SATA_1 2 3 4 5 E_ SATA1 The Serial ATA connector is used to connect with SATA Hard Disk or CD devices which supporting this feature The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB s data transfer rate Note There will be an E_SATA1 cable in the package you can use it to connect an E_SATA1 hard disk to the E_SATA1 on the motherboard as depicted GND TX TX GND RX RX GND SATA_1 2 3 4 5 E_SATA1 15 Audio Connector F_AUDIO The audio connector supports HD Audio standard PORT1_L AUD_GND It provides the F
39. ded highest CPU clock for you click lt Yes gt to apply it Go to CPU page Adjust by manual Press Auto button to let FOX ONE check the highest CPU clock you can use Reset the FIS Features Apply the changes Select the different changes benchmarks Dea EER SINS Technology _ A message informs you to push RESET button later if the system hangs finally Click Yes to continue You can see the system is raising CPU clock until the CPU _ DRAM PCIe system hangs Push RESET button on the front panel of your system to restart the computer CPU DRAM NB CPU SYSTEM FAN CPU SYSTEM Run FOX ONE program again it will inform you the previous test found that 255MHz is the recommended CPU clock for your system Click Yes to apply it to your system Now your system is running at a CPU clock of 255MHz CPU SYSTEM FAN1 CPU SYSTEM 51 FOX Intelligent Stepping F I S Optional Select FOX Intelligent Stepping will allow your system to automatically adjust your CPU clock rate based on different system loadings For example if you select Power Gaming CPU clock will be driven to run at its maximum speed While in Energy Saving CPU will lower down its speed to a minimum The four benchmarks Power Gaming Data Mining Office and Energy Saving the references of their system loading were calculated and defined in the FIS Calibration option of Configuration menu Select Auto CPU will automati
40. device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit 6 It will ask you to insert the RAID driver diskette into your floppy drive Press lt Enter gt after it is done Windows Setup Please insert the disk labeled manufacturer supplied hardware support disk into Drive A Press ENTER when ready Enter Continue ESC Cancel F3 Exit 89 7 There are two drivers for your 32 bit XP system press Enter to select the first driver AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller x86 platform Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller x64 platform ENTER Select F3 Exit 8 A confirmation message appears to double check if the driver is really what we wanted press lt Enter gt to continue Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller x86 platform To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drivers or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer
41. dio Ports 1 PS 2 Mouse Port Use the upper port green to connect a PS 2 mouse 2 PS 2 Keyboard Port Use the lower port purple to connect a PS 2 keyboard 3 VGA Port To connect with external display devices such as monitor or LCD display 4 DVI D Port The DVI D port supports DVI D specification Connect a monitor that supports DVI D connection to this port 5 HDMI Port The HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface provides an all digital audio video interface to transmit the uncompressed audio video signals and is HDCP compliant Connect the HDMI au dio video to this port The HDMI Technology can support a maximum resolution of 1920x1080p but the actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor being used 6 USB Ports The USB ports support the USB 2 0 1 1 specification Use these ports for USB devices such as an USB keyboard mouse USB printer USB flash drive and etc 7 RJ 45 LAN Port The Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at up to 10 100 1000Mb s data rate Active Link LED LED Ton Notnk Of 10Mb s Connection Data acy WED 100Mb s Connection 1000Mb s Connection 8 Audio Ports For the definition of each audio port please refer to the table below Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out ___ GanterSubwoofer Out CenteriSubwoofer Out se __ Side Speaker Out This chapter introduces the hardware installation process including the installation of
42. e Li Cache Handle LZ Cache Handle L3 Cache Handle Serial Number Asset Tag Part Number 66 SOCKET 775 M B Central Processor Intel bfebfhffooo0006f2h Intel R Core TM 2 CPU No dh 200MHz 4300 1 1800MHz 1800MHz CPU Enabled Other 5h 6h No Provide No Provide No Provide l l This chapter will cover two topics d i A l E Creating a Bootable Array Installing a new Windows XP I l or Vista in a brand new RAID system I Creating a Non Bootable Array Existing Windows XP or Vista system with new RAID built as data storage i l T It includes the following information i RAID Configuration Introduction i Option ROM Utility m Create a RAID Driver Diskette pi RAID Enable in BIOS E R a RAID Array for use i E Instala New Windows XP Setting Up a Non Bootable RAID Array s S s gt 4 hen kS S ME s Maiy S n N s ig x NN The RAID BIOS Setup pictures shown a this chapter are for refer ence only please refer to the practical screen san M n Creating a Bootable Array Installing a new Windows XP or Vista in a brand new RAID system 1 Follow 5 1 to create a RAID driver diskette 2 Follow 5 2 to set RAID enabled in BIOS 3 Follow 5 3 to select a RAID array for use 4 Follow 5 4 to Install a new Windows Operating System What kinds of hardwar
43. e and software you need here 1 A floppy drive 2 ADVD ROM drive 3 Several SATA hard disks 4 ARAID driver diskette 5 A motherboard driver CD To create RAID driver diskette if it is not bundled 6 Windows XP or Vista Install CD Creating a Non Bootable Array Existing Windows XP or Vista system with new RAID built as data storage Follow 5 5 to go through the processes to build a new RAID array in your existing Windows XP system it includes 1 Set RAID enabled in BIOS 2 Follow 5 3 to select a RAID array for use 3 Run setup program to install AMD RAID driver into your current Windows XP system 4 Use Administrative Tools in Control Panel to format new RAID array What kinds of hardware and software you need here 1 A DVD ROM drive 2 Several SATA hard disks 3 A motherboard driver CD 68 RAID Configuration Introduction RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a method for computer data storage schemes that divide and or replicate data among multiple hard drives RAID can be designed to provide increased data reliability fault tolerance or increased I O input output performance or both The following RAID configurations are provided for users There are three major key concepts in RAID 1 Mirroring The copying of data to more than one disk 2 Striping The splitting of data across more than one disk 3 Error correction Where redundant data is stored to allow problems to b
44. e detected and possibly fixed known as fault tolerance Different RAID levels use one or more of these techniques depending on the system requirements The main aims of using RAID are to improve reliability important for protecting information that is critical to a business for example a database of customer orders or where speed is important for example a system that delivers video on demand TV programs to many viewers The configuration affects reliability and performance in different ways The problem with using more disks is that it is more likely that one will go wrong but by using error checking the total system can be made more reliable by being able to survive and repair the failure Basic mirroring can speed up reading data as a system can read different data from both the disks but it may be slow for writing if it insists that both disks must confirm that the data is correctly written Striping is often used for performance where it allows sequences of data to be read off multiple disks at the same time Error checking typically will slow the system down as data needs to be read from several places and compared The design of RAID systems is therefore a compromise and understanding the requirements of a system is important Modern disk arrays typically provide the facility to select the appropriate RAID configuration RAID is often used in high availability systems where it is important that the system keeps running as much o
45. eed The CPU fan System fan speed are automatically detected and displayed by the system gt CPU Core DRAM Voltage 3 3V 12 0V 1 1V The current voltages are automatically detected and displayed by the system gt CPU Smart Fan Function System Smart Fan1 Function This option is used to enable or disable smart fan function gt Off PWM Temperature It allows you set a temperature value from which smart fan stops its operation gt Start PWM Temperature It allows you set a temperature value from which smart fan starts its operation gt Start PWM Value It allows you to set an initial PWM value to drive the fan when the temperature reaches Start value and smart fan begins its operation The higher PWM value can achieve the faster fan speed gt Slope PWM Value The slope controls the PWM value being stepped up or down versus temperature changes 40 BIOS Security Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Security Features Security Settings Help Item Supervisor Password Not Installed Install or change the User Password Not Installed password Change Supervisor Password Press Enter l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt Change Supervisor Password This item is used to install or change supervisor password After you input Supervisor password it then will ask you to input user password optionally If you have inst
46. eference only please refer to the physical motherboard for specific features Declaration of conformity HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD 66 CHUNG SHAN RD TU CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TAIPEI HSIEN TAIWAN R O C declares that the product Motherboard A85GM is in conformity with reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with 89 336 EEC EMC Directive EN 55022 1998 A2 2003 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment EN 61000 3 2 2000 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current lt 16A per phase EN 61000 3 3 A1 2001 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits of voltage fluctuations and flicker in low voltage supply systems for equipment with rated current lt 16A EN 55024 A2 2003 Information technology equipment Immunity characteristics limits and methods of measurement Signature d 2 Place Date TAIPEI 2009 MN Cw Ff Printed Name James Liang Declaration of conformity C Trade Name FOXCONN Model Name A85GM Responsible Party PCE Industry Inc Address 458 E Lambert Rd Fullerton CA 92835 Telephone 714 738 8868 Facsimile 714 738 8838 Equipment Classification FCC Class B Subassembly Type of Product Motherboard Manufacturer HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD Address 66
47. erase the RAID array It will erase the MBR data of the disks lt Press Ctrl Y Key if you are sure to erase it gt lt Press any other key to ignore this option gt 6 Another screen prompts Press Ctrl Y Input 80GB to select the first logical drive LD1 and press Enter RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB LD 1 RAID 0 Z 164 56 Stripe Block 64 KB Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary OFF Cache Mode WriteThru Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82 34 2 Mas 3 Mas Enter array capacity in GB here 4 Mas 0 9 Input Capacity Enter Save Backspace Delete ESC exit 7 The selection of LD1 array is completed As we want to introduce how to create two logical drives by using the same two hard drives here so we will press to select LD2 Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status RAID 0 79 99 Functional t Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select 7 8 When LD2 is selected press Enter to continue Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv 07 Tors 0A C1 Status RAID 0 79 99 Functional Keys Available t Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select 9 You can see in the previous example about 40GB of Channel 1 and 2 hard disks were allocated Select the remaining spaces from them for RAID 0 again Press Ct
48. ette which will be used during Windows XP installation later 1 Find a PC put a diskette into its floppy drive A this diskette will be formatted later Put the driver CD into DVD ROM drive DAR ar i O B po search fey Folders 2 Depending on which platform your system _ si Ssioneisnensironwnse is normally it is a 32 bit XP system Use Windows explorer and go to CD Driver AMD RAID Floppy WinXP click on RaidTool icon to start the creation 3 Click GO to start 4 Select the desired destination FDD drive It can be the default drive A or any USB FDD Click OK to continue Format Disk p Please insert floppy diskette It will be Formatted a Save your data before proceeding 5 Insert a diskette click OK to continue aa ti Cancel 13 6 You can input a volume label for this diskette click on Start to format 7 Click on OK to go through this warning message 8 Format finished Click OK to continue copying of RAID driver into this diskette 9 Check if the diskette contains the driver files S 314 Floppy A File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Q sxx gt Pi P l Search ie Folders E Address At Folders Format 31 4 Floppy A Capacity 3 5 1 44MB 512 bytes sector File system FAT Allocation unit size Default allocation size volume label Format options C Quick Format Enable Compressic ssion
49. f the time as possible 69 RAID 0 Striped RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved among multiple drives If any disk member fails it affects the entire array The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance RAID 1 Mirror 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 is the capacity of the smallest drive RAID Ready A RAID Ready system is a specific system configuration that with the addition of a second Serial ATA hard drive can be seamlessly migrated to a configuration that provides either improved storage performance or data protection from a single hard drive failure RAID 10 Striped Mirror RAID 10 is a combination of striping and mirroring This configuration provides optimal speed and reliability but you need four SATA hard disks Span JBOD JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Disks Each drive is accessed as if it were ona standard SCSI host bus adapter This is useful when a single drive configuration is needed but it offers no speed improvement or fault tolerance A spanned volume is a formatted partition which data is stored on more than one hard disk yet appears as one vol
50. gement features Support 8GB s 16GB s concurrent bandwidth Low power consumption and power management features Support ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Support SO normal S1 power on suspend S3 Suspend to RAM S4 suspend to disk and S5 soft off FOX ONE FOX LiveUpdate FOX LOGO FOX DMI Support for Microsoft Windows Vista XP only Micro ATX Form Factor 9 6 inches x 9 6 inches 24 4cm x 24 4cm 1 2 Layout COND OF WD 4 pin ATX 12V Power Connector PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slots Front Audio Connector CD_IN Connector SPDIF_OUT Connector Speaker Connector 9 South Bridge AMD SB750 10 Front USB Connectors 11 Clear CMOS Jumper 12 Front Panel Connector 13 SATA Connectors 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 b a A D f System Fan Header COM1 Connector ESATA Connector IDE Connector 24 pin ATX Power Connector Floppy Connector TPM Connector Optional IrDA Connector DDR2 DIMM Slots North Bridge AMD 785G CPU Socket CPU_FAN Header Note The above motherboard layout is for reference only please refer to the physical mother board for detail 1 3 Back Panel Connectors PS 2 Mouse Port VGA Port LAN Port Line Out Line In amp Rear Speaker ORs Subwoofer lt Side Speaker Microphone PS 2 Keyboard Port DVI D Port HDMI Port USB Ports Au
51. is 0 05V step and North Bridge is 0 04V step Go to Voltage page ees 1 a Select the option Qo you want to set E zZ Adjust by manual Reset the changes Apply the changes 55 6 Fan Page Fan Control This page lets you enable Smart Fan function or set the fan speed by manual When Smart Fan is selected you must use a 4 pin CPU cooler in your system Go to Fan page ir DE G rechnoiody P Enable or disable smart fan function Set fan speed by dragging the lever Apply the changes 56 FOX LiveUpdate FOX LiveUpdate is a useful utility to backup and update your system BIOS drivers and utilities by local or online Supporting Operating Systems E Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit Using FOX LiveUpdate 1 Local Update 1 1 Local Update BIOS Information This page lets you know your system BIOS information Link to website Minimum from oooO Eit e stomger astor ana moro Power _ ADE re v A Local Update Current BIOS information BIOS Info MainBoard Type 8 Backup BIOS A Update BIOS BIOS Version Show current Release Date kkk Toolbar BIOS information BIOS Size Online Update ROM Part 4 t Configure i P D About amp Help please refer to the physical motherboard for detail o 1
52. itachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250 05 4 Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1 5G 320 07 86 5 Amessage prompts Press Ctrl Y to erase the RAID array Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 JBOD 4 Stripe Block 64 KB Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary ON Cache Mode WriteThru Channel ID Fast Initialization Option has been selected Assignment 1 Mas It will erase the MBR data of the disks 2 Mas lt Press Ctrl Y Key if you are sure to erase it gt 3 Mas lt Press any other key to ignore this option gt 4 Mas t Up J Down ESC Exit Space Change Ctrl Y Save PgUp Dn Page Change 6 The creation of JBOD is completed Total size is 82 34 120 03 250 05 320 07 772 49GB Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status JBOD 772 51 Functional t Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select 87 5 4 Install a New Windows XP Assume a Mirrored array 249 99GB was created as introduced in section 5 3 after the system restarts 1 Press lt DEL gt to enter BIOS Setup during POST 2 Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive 3 Set the 1st Boot Device to CD DVD ROM save changes and exit BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Boot Device Priority Boot Device Priority Item Help 1st Boot Device Specifies the boot PA nlo i Jole m DIAY 05 HDD SM HDS728080
53. larm Time HH MM SS When Resume by RTC is enabled select a specific time to generate a wake up 39 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc PC Health Status Warning Temperature Disabled Help Item Shut Down Temperature Disabled Case Open Warning PEE PU Tempera 49 20 gt Disabled 50 C 122 F bo CNST F 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F 80 C 176 F 1 1 1 104 85 C 185 F CPU Smart Fan Function IEG 90 C 194 F Off PWM Temperature 000 Start PWM Temperature 035 Start PWM Value 064 Slope PWM Value 2 PWR System Smart Fan1 Function PEIES t lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt Warning Temperature This option is used to set the warning temperature for the system When the temperature of CPU is higher than the set value the motherboard will send out warning beep gt Shut Down Temperature This item is used to set the system temperature upper limit When the temperature exceeds the set value the system will shut down automatically This function works only when your operating system is supporting ACPI gt Case Open Warning This item is used to enable or disable case open warning function gt CPU Temperature System Temperature The CPU System temperature are automatically detected and displayed by the system gt CPU Fan System Fan1 System Fan2 Sp
54. le it has asymmetric pin counts on both sides separated by a notch in the middle so it can only fit in one direction Follow the steps below to correctly install your memory modules into the sockets Step 1 Spread the clips at both ends of the memory socket Place the memory module onto the socket then put your fingers on top edge of the module and push it down firmly and seat it vertically into the memory socket Step 2 The clips at both ends of the socket will snap into place when the memory module is securely inserted 11 2 3 Install an Expansion Card Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card Carefully read the manual that came with your expansion card 5 Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage PCI Express x1 PCI Express x16 v Follow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot 1 Locate an expansion slot that supports your card Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis back panel 2 Align the card with the slot and press down on the card until it is fully seated in the slot 3 Make sure the metal contacts on the card are completely inserted into the slot 4 Secure the card s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw 5 After installing all expansion cards replace the chassis cover 6 Turn on your computer If necessary go t
55. lp F9 Optimized Defaults gt CPU Voltage Control This option is used to change the CPU voltage gt Memory Voltage Control This option is used to change the memory voltage gt NB Voltage Control This option is used to change the NB voltage in a step of 30mV The voltage can be incre mented from 30mV to 360mV gt HT SB Voltage Control This option is used to change the HT SB voltage in a step of 30mV The voltage can be incre mented from 30mV to 360mV CPU Configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc CPU Configuration CPU Configuration Help Item AGESA Version 3 3 2 4 Physical Count 1 Enable disable the Logical Count 2 generation of ACPI _PPC _PSS and _PCT objects AMD Athlon tm 64 x 2 Dual Core Processor 5200 Cache L1 256KB Cache L2 1024KB Cache L3 N A Current CPU Speed 2700MHz NB CIK N A Current FSB Multiplier 13 5x Maximum FSB Multiplier 13 5x Cool N Quiet C1E Support IEG t lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimigzed Defaults 28 This menu shows most of the CPU specifications gt Cool N Quiet This option helps lowering down the CPU frequency and voltage when system is idling When the CPU speed is slowing down the temperature will drop as well gt C1E Support C1E represents Enhanced HALT State It is a feature which CPU uses to reduce power consumption when in halt st
56. ms It defines five sleeping states they are S1 The S1 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chip set and hardware maintains all system context also called Power On Suspend S3 The S3 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state where all system context is lost except system memory CPU cache and chip set context are lost in this state Hardware maintains memory context and restores some CPU and L2 configuration context Control starts from the processor s reset vector after the wake event also called Suspend to RAM S4 The S4 sleeping state is the lowest power longest wake latency sleeping state supported by ACPI In order to reduce power to a minimum it is assumed that the hardware platform has powered off all devices Platform context is maintained also called Suspend to Disk S5 The S5 state is similar to the S4 state except that the OS does not save any context The system is in the soft off state and requires a complete boot when it wakes Software uses a different state value to distinguish between the S5 state and the S4 state to allow for initial boot operations within the BIOS to distinguish whether or not the boot is going to wake from a saved memory image gt ACPI Suspend Type This item is used to set the energy saving mode of the ACPI function When you select S1 POS mode the power is always on and computer can be resumed at any time
57. nd timing parameters both DCTs programmed identically Unganged channels m DCT channels A and B operate as two completely independent 64 bit channels both chan nels operate at the same frequency m Reduce DRAM page conflicts more concurrent open dram pages m Better bus efficiency Burst lengths supported When both DCTs are enabled in unganged mode BIOS must initialize the frequency of each DCT in order DRAM Timing Configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc DRAM Timing Configuration DRAM Timing Configuration Help Item DRAM Timing Mode l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt DRAM Timing Mode When both DCTs DRAM controller are enabled in unganged mode BIOS must initialize the frequency of each DCT in order you also can configure the timings manually Settings are Auto DCT 0 appear in AM2 CPU Settings are Auto DCT 0 DCT 1 Both appear in AM2 AM3 CPU gt CAS Latency The number of memory clocks it takes a DRAM to return data after the read CAS _L is asserted depends on the memory clock frequency The value that BIOS programs into the memory controller is a function of the target clock frequency The target clock frequency is determined from the supported CAS latencies at given clock frequencies of each DIMM gt TRCD RAS to CAS Delay This item allows you to select a delay time in clock cycles
58. nector FP1 pee This motherboard includes one connector for connecting HDD LED the front panel switch and LED Indicators PWR LED RESET SW NC PWR SW EMPTY Hard Disk LED Connector HDD LED Connect to the chassis front panel IDE indicator LED It indicates the active status of the hard disks This 2 pin connector is directional with sign Reset Switch RESET SW Attach the connector to the Reset switch on the front panel of the case the system will restart when the switch is pressed Power LED Connector PWR LED Connect to the power LED indicator on the front panel of the chassis The Power LED indicates the system s status When the system is in operation SO status the LED is on When the system gets into sleep mode S1 the LED is blinking When the system is in S3 S4 sleep state or power off mode S5 the LED is off This 2 pin connector is directional with sign Power Switch Connector PWR SW Connect to the power button on the front panel of the chassis Push this switch allows the system to be turned on and off rather than using the power supply button Chassis Intrusion Alarm Header INTR i The connector can be connected to a security switch on INTRUDERJ the chassis The system can detect the chassis intrusion INTR through the function of this connector If eventually the chassis was closed the system will send a message out Speaker Connector SPEAKER The speaker conne
59. ng of the precharge command gt RAS RAS Delay This item shows a delay time in clock cycles between the RAS and RAS strobe signals gt Row Cycle This item displays the minimum timing interval between successive active commands to the same bank The row cycle time is in unit of clock cycle gt Internal Graphics Mode Enable Disable the integrated UMA graphics controller gt UMA Frame Buffer Size Allocates system memory for use as video memory to ensure the most efficient use of available resources for maximum 2D 3D graphics performance This is a memory allocation method addition to the Unified Memory Architecture UMA 30 concept wherein a static amount of page locked graphics memory is allocated during driver initialization This fixed amount of memory will provide the user with a guaranteed graphics memory at all times and will no longer be available to the OS gt Primary Video Controller This item is used to select which graphics controller is used as the primary boot device gt Surround View Surround View is the ATI technology that provides multi graphics controller display capability for both the ATI PCle based graphics card and the ATI integrated graphics processor IGP Enabling SurroundView does not impact display modes resolution and color depth or perfor mance The display mode of each output is controlled independently by the graphics controller connected to it 1 When using a non ATI PCI Express PCle gra
60. ns since it does not meet the standard requirements for the peripherals If you want to set the frequency beyond the standard specifications please do so according to your hardware specifications including the CPU graphics card memory hard drive etc Install the CPU Locate the Pin 1 CPU triangle mark and the Pin 1 of the CPU socket S Pin 1 corner of the A Pin 1 triangle CPU socket marking of CPU C pa 4 T A Be oor i bia 1 Release the CPU socket lever 2 Align Pin 1 of the CPU with the CPU socket and gently put the CPU onto the socket 3 When CPU is properly seated push the CPU socket lever back to its locked position Install the CPU Cooler Follow the steps below to correctly install the CPU cooler The following procedures use Foxconn cooler as the example FOXCONN 1 Apply and spread an even thermal 2 Buckle the heatsink firmly at one grease on the surface of CPU side of the stand 3 Buckle the heatsink at another 4 Attach the 3 wire CPU cooler side and press the fasten lever connector to the CPU fan header down to tightly seat the cooler on the motherboard Use extreme care when removing the CPU cooler because the thermal grease may adhere to the CPU Inadequately removing the CPU cooler may damage the CPU 2 2 Install the Memory g R gt X Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory Make sure that the mo
61. nue 16 Click Finish to end the New Partition Wizard New Partition Wizard Completing the New Partition Wizard You have successtully completed the New Partition Wizard fou selected the following settings Partition type Primary partition Disk selected Disk 1 Partition size 236410 MB Drive letteror path H File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label New Volume Chick Formak bbe Toclose this wizard click Finish 17 The format of disk array Disk1 is in processing Computer Management TAR File Action View Window Help Hm pes m Computer Management Local 3 E iB System Tools Partition i Healthy System 14 64 GB E Event viewer Partition j Healthy 20 51 GB Shared Folders Partition Basi Formatting 232 8 Local Users and Groups E3GHOST F Partition Basi Healthy 21 71 GB g iaei E YB Driver CD G Partition j Healthy 801 MB Device Manager amp data E Partition i Healthy 19 80 GB Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management E Services and Applications Siil 22disk 0 Basic C data E GHOST F 76 69 GB 14 65 GBF 20 19 80 GBN 21 72 GBF Online i Healthy 5 Healthy Healthy pisk 1 Basic H 232 82 GB 232 82 GB Online Formatting 4 BB Primary partition I Extended partition E Logical drive 18 Format completed now you can start using
62. o BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card s 7 Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card e Installing a Graphics Card Gently insert the graphics card into the PCI Express x16 slot Make sure the graphics card is locked by the latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot e Removing the Card Push the latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot to release the card and then pull the card straight up from the slot 12 2 4 Install other Internal Connectors Power Connectors This motherboard uses an ATX power supply In order not to damage any device make sure all the devices have been installed properly before applying the power supply 24 pin ATX power connector PWR1 PWR1 is the ATX power supply connector Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure m 2 5V GND ay A8 86M GND GND 12 PWR1 1 Pin No 24 We recommend you using a 24 pin power supply If you are using a 20 pin power supply you need to align the ATX power connector according to the picture 8 pin ATX 12 V Power Connector PWR2 20 Pin Power The 8 pin ATX 12V power supply connects to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU T Sa pABEGM 13 Front Panel Con
63. odel to build a disk array is strongly recommended The relationships between port numbers in the Option ROM Utility and SATA ports on the motherboard are shown below They are Channel 1 is the SATA port 1 of the motherboard Channel 2 is the SATA port 2 Channel 3 is the SATA port 3 Channel 4 is the SATA port 4 Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G Extent 1 Free 2 Mas WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO SATA 1 5G Extent 1 Free 3 Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G Extent 1 Free 4 Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1 5G 320 07 Extent 1 320 00 Free t Up J Down ESC Exit CtrltH Secure Erase PgUp Dn Page Change 71 Two topics will be covered in the following sections 1 Creating a Bootable Array Installing a new Windows XP in a brand new RAID system 2 Creating a Non Bootable Array Existing Windows XP system with new RAID built as data storage Install SATA Hard Disks before we continue a Shut down your computer a Install SATA hard disks into the drive bays connect all power and SATA cables Before installing the SATA hard disks make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the hardware 72 5 1 Create a RAID Driver Diskette If you want to install a brand new Windows XP on a RAID system you need to create a RAID driver floppy disk
64. oducts E Fox Intelligent Stepping is supported only in FOX ONE Deluxe products Supporting Operating Systems Bi Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit m Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit Using FOX ONE The very first time you run FOX ONE F I S Calibration function FOX Intelligent Stepping will require you to calibrate the CPU s loading Click OK to proceed and start the Utility F 1 S is a feature of FOX ONE which can automatically adjust your CPU clock based on your current system loading Before you running the FOX ONE program the system parameters such as CPU clock voltage etc are controlled by BIOS settings After you run FOX ONE it will take over and the controlling right will be transferred to FOX ONE Later if you exit FOX ONE then BIOS control will be back again 45 1 Main Page Show CPU Information Toolbar Alert Lamp Switch Button Skin Button Exit Minimum Configuration Homepage Monitor Frequency Voltage Fan speed Temperature value Toolbar Use the toolbar to navigate to other pages Alert Lamp When the system is in healthy state the color of alert lamp is green When the system is in abnormal state the alert lamp color is red Switch Button Click this button it will simplify the whole FOX ONE control panel to a smaller information bar i e Simple Mode as depicted below you can drag this bar to any place on your screen to help you monitoring system status Exi
65. on promoted by TCG A Trusted Platform Mod ule offers facilities for secure generation of cryptographic keys The TPM Work Group is chartered to create the Trusted Platform Module TPM specifica tion The definition of the TPM architecture comes from the TC and the TPM Work Group defines the implementation of that architecture Work group members should have a working knowledge of security in relation to the design and usage of cryptographic modules Members should also have a working knowledge of cryptographic techniques including public key cryp tography cryptographic algorithms and protocols This item is used to enable disable the function of TCG TPM support 37 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR Help Item PWRON After PWR Fail Power Off HPET Support Enabled Select the ACPI Resume by LAN Disabled State used for Resume by PCI Card Disabled System Suspend Resume by PCIE Card Disabled Resume by USB Devices Disabled Resume by PS2 Keyboard Disabled Resume by PS2 Mouse Disabled Resume by RTC Disabled t lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is an open industry standard interfaces enabling OS directed configuration power management and thermal management of mobile desktop and server platfor
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67. or turn around and termination timing when a read is followed by a read to a different chip select gt tRFCO 1 Auto Refresh to Active Auto Refresh Command Period Refresh to Refresh or Refresh to Active command interval Trfc1 auto refresh row cycle time for logical DIMM 1 TrfcO auto refresh row cycle time for logical DIMM 0 33 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Integrated Peripherals gt IDE Configuration Press Enter Help Item gt USB Configuration Press Enter gt SuperlO Configuration Press Enter Configure the IDE gt Trusted Computing Press Enter device s OnBoard LAN IEG OnBoard LAN Boot ROM IDERI HD Audio Controller IEG l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt IDE Configuration USB Configuration SuperlO Configuration Trusted Computing Press lt Enter gt to go to relative submenu gt OnBoard LAN This item is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller gt OnBoard LAN Boot ROM This item is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN boot optional ROM A LAN boot ROM lets you set up a diskless workstation on the network By installing a boot ROM in the network board you can enable a client PC system on the network to be booted remotely gt HD Audio Controller This item is used to enable or disable the HD Audio controller IDE Configuration CMOS Setup Utilit
68. ort Jack Sensing function Broadcom 10 100 1000Mb s LAN chip 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 1 x PCI Express x71 slot 2 x PCI slots 5 x SATA connectors 1 x ESATA connector 300MB s data transfer rate Support hot plug and NCQ Native Command Queuing Support hot plug Support up to 10 x USB 2 0 ports 6 rear panel ports 2 onboard USB headers supporting 4 extra ports Support USB 2 0 protocol up to 480Mb s 1 x 24 pin ATX main power connector 1 x 4 pin ATX 12V power connector 5 x SATA connectors 1 x ESATA connector 2 x USB 2 0 connectors Supporting 4 x USB devices 1 x CPU fan header 4 pin 2 x System fan headers 4 pin 1 x SPDIF_OUT Connector 1 x TPM Connector Optional 1 x Floppy Connector 1 x IDE Connector 1 x Front panel connector 1 x CD_IN connector 2 Back Panel Connectors Hardware Monitor PCI Express x1 PCI Express x16 Green Function Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor 1 x Front Audio connector 1 x IrDA connector 1 x Chassis intrusion alarm header INTR 1 x Speaker connector 1 x COM1 connector 1 x PS 2 Mouse port 1 x PS 2 Keyboard port 1 x VGA port 1 x HDMI port 1 x DVI D port 6 x USB 2 0 ports 1 x RJ 45 LAN port 8 channel Audio ports System voltage detection CPU System temperature detection CPU System fan speed detection CPU overheating warning CPU System fan speed control Support 500MB s 1GB s concurrent bandwidth Low power consumption and power mana
69. p www foxconnsupport com inquiry aspx CPU Support List http www foxconnsupport com cpusupportlist aspx Memory VGA Compatibility List http www foxconnsupport com complist aspx Thank you for buying Foxconn A85GM Series motherboard Foxconn products are engineered to maximize computing power providing only what you need for break through performance With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity features for today multi media computing requirements AS5GM enables you to unleash more power from your computer This chapter includes the following information E Product Specifications y E Layout u Back Panel Connectors 1 1 Product Specifications CPU HyperTransport Chipset Memory Integrated Graphics Audio LAN Expansion Slots Onboard Serial ATA USB Internal Connectors Support the AMD Phenomll Phenom AMD Athlon II Athlon AMD Sempron processor families AM2 AM2 AM3 socket processors Up to 5200MT s HT3 0 North Bridge AMD 785G South Bridge AMD SB750 4 x 240 pin DDR2 DIMM sockets Support up to 8GB of system memory Dual channel DDR2 1066 800 667MHz architecture Integrated ATI ATI RV620 GPU SidePort Memory DDR3 1333 128MB Memory Optional Support Full HD HDMI Technology Support Hybrid CrossFireX Dual independent displays support with HDMI DVI and D Sub Realtek 8 channel audio chip High Definition Audio 2 4 5 1 7 1 channel Support for S PDIF Out Supp
70. phics card Surround View is not supported The integrated graphics processor IGP is automatically disabled and the system memory allocated to the IGP is freed for other use 2 PCle graphics card is the default first display device Enabling SurroundView in the BIOS enables the integrated UMA graphics controller which in turn makes available up to two additional graphics outputs When enabling the integrated UMA graphics controller system memory will be reallocated gt AMD 880 HD Audio This item is used to set whether the HD Audio controller is enabled through the HDMI port on the rear panel Memory Configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Memory Configuration Memory Configuration Help Item DCT Unganged Mode EWEN This allows selection of unganged DRAM mode 64 bit width Auto Ganged mode Always Unganged mode l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt DCT Unganged Mode DCT stands for DRAM Controller Ganged refers to the use of both DRAM controllers within a memory controller acting in con cert to access memory For a description of ganged 128 bit DRAM data width and unganged 64 bit DRAM data width DRAM modes Ganged channels DDR2 31 DCT channels A and B can be ganged as a single logical 128 bit DIMM Offers highest DDR2 bandwidth Requires both DIMMs in a logical pair to have identical size a
71. r this device Setup has finished installing software for this device The hardware you installed may not work untill you restart your computer M To Restart computer click Finish To close this wizard click Finish Univer instalahon 6 When Windows starts a message is prompting you to reboot again Click Yes to restart your computer System Settings Change Windows has Finished installing new devices The software that supports your device requires that you restart your computer You must restart your se computer before the new settings will take effect Do you want to restart your computer now i Found New Hardware AMD RAID Console soo PM 94 7 After PC starts the RAID array is now ready to be initialized under Windows Launch Computer Management by clicking Start gt Settings gt Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management Click Disk Management under the Storage section The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears Click Next to continue The RAID array is named as Disk1 and its status is unknown and not initialized E File Action View Window Help Computer Management Local i System Tools g Event Yiewer Shared Folders 2 Local Users and Groups Bn Welcome to the Initialize and 4 z lias Logs and Alerts 3 data E Convert Disk Wizard iy eine giei This wizard helps you to initialize new disks and to
72. ress 3F8 IRQ4 or disable floppy Serial Port2 Address 2F8 IRQ3 controller Serial Port2 Mode IrDA Serial Port2 Duplex Mode Half Duplex l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt OnBoard Floppy Controller This item is used to enable disable Floppy Controller gt Serial Port1 Address This item is used to assign the I O address and interrupt request IRQ for the onboard serial port 1 gt IR IO Address This item is used to assign the I O address and interrupt request IRQ for the onboard serial port 2 gt IR Mode This item is used to set the Serial Port2 mode The available settings are IrDA An IrDA device for maximum 115200 bit s ASK IR A faster IrDA for 1152000 bit s gt IR Duplex Mode This item enables you to determine the infrared function of the onboard infrared chip 36 Trusted Computing CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Trusted Computing Trusted Computing Help Item TCG TPM SUPPORT Enable Disable TPM TCG TPM 1 1 1 2 support in BIOS t lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt TCG TPM SUPPORT Trusted Computing Group TCG members develop and promote open vendor neutral industry standard specifications for trusted computing building blocks and software interfaces across multiple platforms TPM Trusted Platform Module is a specificati
73. rl Y to save the setting Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Define LD Menu EDENO RAID Mode Total Drv LD 2 RAID O 2 Stripe Block 64 KB Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary ON Cache Mode WriteThru Drives Assignment Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 42 34 2 Mas WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO SATA 1 5G 80 03 3 Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250 05 4 Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1 5G 320 07 Keys Available t Up J Down ESC Exit Space Change Ctrl Y Save PgUp Dn Page Change 78 10 A message prompts Press Ctrl Y to erase the RAID array Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc EDEN RAID Mode Total Drv LD 2 RAID O 2 Stripe Block 64 KB Fast Init ON Gigabyte Boundary ON Cache Mode WriteThru Channel ID Fast Initialization Option has been selected Assignment 1 Mas It will erase the MBR data of the disks 2 Mas lt Press Ctrl Y Key if you are sure to erase it gt 3 Mas lt Press any other key to ignore this option gt 4 Mas t Up J Down ESC Exit Space Change Ctrl Y Save PgUp Dn Page Change 11 The remaining disk spaces are assigned to LD2 The size is about 42GB 2 84GB Option ROM Utility c 2009 Advanced Micro Devices Inc RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity GB Status RAID 0 79 99 Functional 83 99 Functional f Up Down ESC Exit Enter Select 79 Create RAID 1
74. ront Audio output choice PORTI PRESENCE_J PORT2_R SENSE1_RETURN SENSE_SEND EMPTY PORT2_L SENSE2_RETURN 9 10 F_AUDIO CD_L GND CD_R Audio Connector CD_IN CD_IN is a Sony standard audio connector it can be connected to a CD DVD ROM drive through a CD DVD audio cable CD_IN Fan Headers CPU_FAN SYS_FAN1 SYS_ FAN2 There are five main fan headers on this motherboard The fan speed can be controlled and monitored in PC Health Status section of the BIOS Setup These fans can be automatically turned off after the system enters S3 S4 and S5 sleeping states 1 GND 1 GND 1 GND POWER POWER POWER SENSE SENSE SENSE at CONTROL a p CONTROL a CONTROL CPU_FAN SYS_FAN1 SYS_FAN2 16 2 6 Jumpers For some features needed users can change the jumper settings on this motherboard to modify them This section explains how to use the various functions of this motherboard by changing the jumper settings Users should read the following content carefully prior to modifying any jumper setting Description of Jumpers 1 For any jumper on this motherboard pin 1 can be identified by the bold silkscreen next to it However in this manual pin 1 is simply labeled as 1 2 The following table explains different types of the jumper settings Closed means placing a jumper cap on the two pins to temporarily short them The shorting can also be done by touching two pins by
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76. setup The utility CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the mother board features This chapter includes the following information Utility CD Introduction Install driver and utility FOX ONE FOX LiveUpdate FOX LOGO FOX DMI AOS Because each module is independent so the section number will be reorganized and unique to each module please understand xX x hea sS Ry X AS YSN aan e oe q yn a aen Ta an OF ie amp Q Ry my Utility CD Introduction This motherboard comes with one DVD You can simply put it into your DVD ROM drive and the main menu will be displayed on your PC screen to guide you how to install 1 Install Driver Use these options to install all the drivers for your system You should install the drivers in order and you need to restart your computer after all the drivers have been installed A AMD Chipset Driver B Realtek HDA Audio Driver C Realtek 811X LAN Driver D AMD RAID Driver It appears when the OnChip SATA Type setting in BIOS is set to RAID 2 Software Utilities Use these options to install additional software programs FOX ONE is a very powerful user inter face program which allows you to change your system setting without going to BIOS Some auto features help user to improve or overclock your system without being a computer
77. stuttering sound or a less responsive system reduce the latency Higher values will actually reduce performance as too much time may be allocated to each PCI device to the disadvantage of other devices on the bus gt Quiet Boot This item is used to enable disable the quiet boot 23 Disabled Displays the normal POST messages Enabled Displays OEM customer logo instead of POST messages gt Quick Boot While Enabled this option allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting this will shorten the time needed to boot the system gt Bootup Num Lock This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started The available settings are On default and Off gt Floppy Drive Seek This item controls whether the BIOS will be checking for a floppy disk while booting up If it cannot detect one either due to improper configuration or physical unavailability it will appear an error message Disabling this function then POST will not detect the floppy gt Boot Device Priority This option is used to select the priority for boot devices After pressing lt Enter gt you can select the device using the Up Down arrow keys and change the device priority using lt gt or lt gt you can exit this menu by pressing lt Esc gt gt Removable Drives This option is used to specify the boot priority sequence from available removable drives 24 Fox Central Control Unit CMOS Setup Utility Copyright
78. t FOX ONE Click here to go back to FOX ONE full screen Click here will drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray 46 Skin Button There are more choices of FOX ONE screen panels Click this button you can select your favorite skin FOX ONE Panel eoero 7 4 y k E Jy Click the new skin picture to select the new skin Apply the changes Cancel the changes Exit Click this button to exit the program Minimum Click this button to drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray located at the lower right corner of your screen Homepage Click this button to visit Foxconn motherboard website http www foxconnchannel com 47 Configuration This menu allows you to configure 1 Monitor interval ms This is to define the interval of different messages of system settings which are to be displayed on Simple Mode screen Minimum value is 1 second a r Z Pi e C Volt v Y i Otdi iie gt mair ee d ah debe A 3 A Simple Mode items tup pa aat i Tr J l E O Ms lempearr 7 F LS Calibration i Calibri ation 2 Simple Mode To select which message of system settings are to be displayed in the Simple Mode Messages such as CPU frequency voltage etc they can be displayed one by one in Simple Mode Configuration S l a K TEs a Simple Mode Items Dl Freq Pcie T Voltage CPU P Voltage NB E Voltage 3 3 I Voltage 5 0 3 F I
79. tem halt The 21 halt condition can be enabled disabled in the next three settings gt Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error if you enabled this item gt Mouse The system boot will not stop for a mouse error if you enabled this item gt Floppy The system boot will not stop for a floppy error if you enabled this item gt Model Name Model name of this product gt BIOS ID It displays the current BIOS ID User can check this information and discuss with the field service people if a BIOS upgrade is needed 22 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Advanced BIOS Features IDE Detect Time Out 5 Help Item MPS Revision 1 1 PCI Latency Timer 64 Select the time out Quiet Boot IEG value for detecting Quick Boot Enabled ATA ATAPI device s Bootup Num Lock On in second Floppy Drive Seek Disabled gt Boot Device Priority gt Removable Drives t lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt IDE Detect Timer Out This item is used to select the time out value for detecting ATA ATAPI devices If the checking time is over the set value the system will skip it gt MPS Revision This feature is only applicable to multiprocessor motherboards as it specifies the version of the MPS that the motherboard will use The MPS is a specification by which PC manufacturers design and
80. the CPU memory power supply slots pin headers the installation of these modules Please refer to the motherboard layout prior to any installation and read the contents in this chapter i I i l l and the mounting of jumpers Caution should be exercised during 1 carefully r This chapter includes the following information im Install the CPU and CPU Cooler k Install the Memory m Install an Expansion Card a ia Install other Internal Connectors Jumpers l aw op A Please visit the following website for more supporting information about your motherboard CPU Support List http www foxconnsupport com cpusupportlist aspx Memory VGA Compatibility List http www foxconnsupport com complist aspx 2 1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the CPU Make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply before installing the CPU to prevent hardware damage Locate the Pin 1 of the CPU The CPU cannot be inserted if oriented incorrectly Apply an even and thin layer of thermal grease on the surface of the CPU Do not turn on the computer if the CPU cooler is not installed otherwise overheating and damage of the CPU may occur Set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the CPU specifications It is not recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specificatio
81. therboard supports the memory It is recommended that memory of the same capacity brand speed and chips be used Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the memory to prevent hardware damage Memory modules have a foolproof design A memory module can be installed in only one direction If you are unable to insert the memory switch the direction Dual Channel Memory Configuration This motherboard provides four DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology When memory is installed the BIOS will automatically check the memory in your system Four DDR2 memory sockets are divided into two channels Channel 0 DIMM1 DIMM3 Channel 1 DIMM2 DIMM4 The combinations of DIMM modules are E DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Single Channel DS SS a Single Channel DS SS a Single Channel DS SS a Single creme oss a Dual Gramma sss oss DS Dual Side SS Single Side No Memory It is recommended that memory of the same capacity brand speed and chips be used and please select dual channel first to achieve optimum performance 10 Installing a Memory Before installing a memory module make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the memory module Be sure to install DDR2 DIMMs on this motherboard ry g Notch If you take a look at front side of memory modu
82. ty Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc gt System Information t lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults v02 61 c Copyright 1985 2008 American Megatrends Inc gt System Information It displays the basic system configuration such as BIOS ID CPU Name memory size system date time and Floppy drive They all can be viewed or set up through this menu gt Advanced BIOS Features The advanced system features can be set up through this menu There are boot up settings gt Fox Central Control Unit Some special proprietary features such as overclocking can be set up through this menu gt Advanced Chipset Features The values for the chipset can be changed through this menu and the system performance can be optimized gt Integrated Peripherals All onboard peripherals can be set up through this menu There are IDE devices Super I O devices such as Serial I O and other USB devices etc 19 gt Power Management Setup All the items related with Green function features can be set up through this menu gt PC Health Status This setup enables you to read change Fan speeds and displays temperatures and voltages of your CPU System gt BIOS Security Features The Supervisor User password can be set up through this menu to prevent unauthorized use of your computer If you set a password the system will ask you to key in correct password before boot or access
83. u have a SATA device which also supports AHCI then you can select IDE option to have fair performance only PATA SATA level or you can select AHCI to get its best performance Legacy IDE This configures the SATA ports to support legacy IDE mode which is running for old Windows system gt SATA IDE Combined Mode This item is used to enable or disable the SATA IDE combined mode USB Configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc USB Configuration USB Configuration Help Item Module Version 2 24 3 13 4 Enable support for legacy USB USB Devices Enabled Auto option disables None legacy support if no USB devices are connected Legacy USB Support IEE USB 2 0 Controller Mode High Speed l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt Legacy USB Support This item is used to enable the support for USB devices on legacy OS If you have a USB keyboard or mouse set to auto or enabled gt USB 2 0 Controller Mode 35 This item is used to set the transmission rate mode of USB 2 0 This function only works under DOS mode The available settings are High Speed in 480Mbps Full Speed in 12Mbps SuperlO Configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc SuperlO Configuration SuperlO Configuration Help Item OnBoard Floppy Controller Enabled Allows BIOS to enable Serial Port1 Add
84. ume Unlike RAID spanned volumes have no fault tolerance so if any disk fails the data on the whole volume could be lost Additionally the system or boot partitions cannot be included in a spanned volume FAT16 32 and NTFS file systems may be used and the volume can span up to 32 hard disks Comparison Table Solution Hard Disks No Capacity Performance Reliability Application 2 II RAID 2 80 Read faster Excellent 100 Data backup gt 2 RAID10 gt 4 Even number Smallest 2 Unlimited budget 70 Option ROM Utility The Option ROM Utility supports RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID10 functions It allows you to get high performance with fault tolerance big capacity or data safety provided by different RAID functions Here we will use four SATA hard disks as an example to guide you through how to configure your RAID system Assume four hard disks are connected to the motherboard SATA port 1 HDS728090PLA380 82 34GB SATA port 2 WDC WD1200JD 98HBBO 120 03GB SATA port 3 Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 250 05GB SATA port 4 ST3320620AS 320 07GB pba To achieve the best performance and reliability we highly recommend you using the hard disks with the same brand size and model number Though we are using four different hard disks as an example to describe RAID function in this chapter it is only helpful in explaining what the final disk volume of the RAID array will be In the real world using the same m
85. unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP ad DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list e To set up Windows XP on the selected item press ENTER e To create a partition in the unpartitioned space press C e To delete the selected partitions press D 238410 MB Disk 0 at Id 1 on bus 0 on ahcix86 MBR C Partition New Raw 29996 MB 29996 MB free E Partition2 New Raw 208406 MB 208405 MB free Unpartitioned space 8 MB ENTER Install D Delete Partition F3 Quit 91 5 5 Setting Up a Non Bootable RAID Array This section assumes the following setup Boot Disk with Windows XP installed One hard disk HDS728090PLAT 20 80GB is connected to the IDE channel and set to Master m A Mirrored RAID Array Disk Two SATA hard disks are configured as a mirrored RAID1 array they are Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 250 05GB connected to SATA port2 of the motherboard Seagate ST3320620AS 320 07GB connected to SATA port3 m A SATA DVD Drive A DVD drive connected to SATA port pw G To achieve the best performance and reliability we highly recommend you using the hard disks with the same brand size and model number Though we are using different brand of hard disks as an example here the purpose is only for easy understanding 1 Reboot your system and go to SATA Configuration menu Enable the RAID function Press F10 to save the settings and reboot CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C
86. ure PO hoowaten _ FOX LiveUpdate can automatically backup old BIOS before update This feature can be enabled in the Configure System setup Please refer to Configure System section for more detail The default backup directory is C LiveUpdate_Temp but the backup file name will be automatically generated It is hard to find it out from a backup directory and we recommend you using Explorer to check date time message of this backup file to find it out and write its name down to remember it 58 2 Online Update 2 1 Online Update Update BIOS This page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet Click start it will search the new BIOS from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here ffroms l eT _ P FOX LiveUpdate Current System Information Operating System Windows Vista TM Ultimate Current information BIOS Information BIOS Version P01 Release Date 01 13 2007 Update Driver Update Utility Update All Search new bios from server Search new BIOS Saia from Internet Select BIOS to update Ef Unde BIOS List of BIOS to be updated O a 6B3F1P32 Browse detailed Release Date 11 17 2007 Detail Update Update BIOS pem A Close Close the window wy New Version PY curentversion Sy Old Version 2 2 Online Update Update Driver
87. when your CPU is overclocked Normal operation depends on the overclocking capac ity of your device If there is any when connecting USB audio RS232 COM IrDA or S PDIF cables to the internal connectors on the motherboard make sure their pinouts are matching with the connectors on the motherboard Incorrect con nections might damage the motherboard When handling the motherboard avoid touching any metal leads or connec tors lf there is a PCI Express x16 graphics card installed in your system we recommend using a 24 pin ATX power supply to get the best performance Before turning on the power please make sure the power supply AC input voltage setting has been configured to the local standard To prevent damage to the motherboard do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboard circuit or its components Also make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the computer casing lf you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the product please consult a certified computer technician Chapter 2 Hardware Install Install the CPU and CPU Cooler ccccccceccccessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseesaaaes 8 Install the Memory ccccecseecceceeeeeceeeeceeeeseeeeeeseeeeeseeeesaeeeeseeeeeseneeesees 10 Install AN EXPANSION Card cccccccceccccceececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeseeeeeeees 12 Install other Internal C
88. y 60 Current information Search new utilities from Internet Browse detailed information Install the selected utility Close the window 2 4 Online Update Update All This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet Click start it will search all new BlOS drivers utilities from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here ff FoxtiveUfdate O OOOO le Bieger Fastir and moro Powortui AOS n trongon Fast wt o FOX LiveUpdate gt Current System Information v o Operating System Windows Vista TM Ultimate Srn i i Current information Release Date 01 13 2007 Search all new BIOS drivers utilities from Internet F BIOS There are new BIOS to update Detail Browse detailed BIOS information Dirver There are new drivers to update Browse detailed driver information Uy There are new utilities to update Browse detailed utility information Close Close the window 61 3 Configure 3 1 Configure option This page lets you set auto search options After you enable the auto search function FOX LiveUpdate will start its searching from Internet and if any qualified item found it will pop out a message on the task bar to inform you to do the next step Click here TE O AS ee soo To FOX LiveUpdate BY Lodi Update prue serenon Set auto Auto Search All a sear
89. y Copyright C 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc IDE Configuration IDE Configuration Help Item OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Enabled Disabled Disable the OnChip SATA Channel Enabled integrated IDE OnChip SATA Type Native IDE controller SATA IDE Combined IESO Enabled Enable both IDE controllers l Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults gt OnBoard PCI IDE Controller 34 Disabled Disable the integrated IDE controller Enabled Enable both IDE controllers gt OnChip SATA Channel Disabled Disable SATA ports 1 2 3 4 5 ESATA Enabled Enable SATA ports 1 2 3 4 5 ESATA gt OnChip SATA Type This item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports Options Native IDE RAID AHCI Legacy IDE Native IDE This configures the SATA ports to support native IDE mode RAID When you enable RAID it means all your SATA drives must also support AHCI AHCI The Advanced Host Controller Interface AHCI specification describes the register level interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA The specification includes a description of the hardware software interface between system software and the host controller hardware AHCI provides more advanced features including SATA features but some SATA drives may not support AHCI unless they are labeled with AHCI support in its specification If your motherboard supporting AHCI and yo
90. your RAID array Computer Management TER E Fie Action View Window Help 8 x e Ame Pxeeoak Computer Management Local volume Layout _ Type File System Status Capacity Fre E gz System Tools E c Partition Basic FAT32 Healthy System 14 64 GB E Event viewer D Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 20 51 GB rhe Shared Folders SH Partition Basic Healthy 232 8 232 Local Users and Groups ESIGHOST F Partition Basic FAT32 Healthy 21 7168 13 9 3 Performance Logs and Alerts 3 river CD G Partition Basic CDFS Healthy 801MB OME Device Manager E data E Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 19 80 GB Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management Eg Services and Applications H A u p Lil c data E GHOST F itt 65 GBF 19 80GBN 21 72 GBF Healthy 5 Healthy Healthy L H 1232 82 GB Healthy ME i Primary partition y Extended partition Logical drive 97

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