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June 11, 2004

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  • Page 1 User’ User’ s s s s s User’ User’ User’ Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual Intel Intel i915G Intel i915G i915G i915G mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard Intel Intel i915G mainboard for Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel Socket Socket Socket Socket 775...
  • Page 2 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS; INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
  • Page 3 80 Port Frequently Asked Questions Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix E in this manual. P O ST C O D E P r o bl e m So l uti o n FFh o r CFh 1 .B IO S c hip inse rte d...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Package Contents ............1- 1 System Block Diagram ..........1- 2 Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification ..........2- 1 Section 3 Installatio Mainboard Layout ............. 3- 2 Easy Installation Procedure ........3- 3 CPU Insertion .............
  • Page 5 Appendix B Update Your System BIOS ......... B- 1 Appendix C (Optional) Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM ..C- 1 ITE IT8212 RAID BIOS Setup Utility ......C- 3 Appendix D (Optional) Intel Matrix RAID Quick Guide ........D- 1 Appendix E POST Codes ...............
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  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 Package Contents Contents Powerpack items (Optional) A. Mainboard J. Mini heatsink B. User’s manual K. Tool Pen C. Floppy drive cable Optional Items D. HDD drive cable L. Extra USB2.0 port cable E. CD (drivers and utilities) M.

  • Page 8: System Block Diagram

    Introduction 1-2 System Block Diagram Page 1-2...
  • Page 9 Pentium 4 3xx series processors up to 3.2+GHz in LGA775 socket with 533 MHz front-side system bus Support Intel 04B or 04A Platform Compatibility Guide Supports Hyper-Threading Technology To enable the Hyper-Threading Technology function on your computer system requires ALL of the following platform components: ®...
  • Page 10 Features - S3 (Suspend to DRAM) sleep-state support - SMBIOS (System Management BIOS) v2.2 compliant - Supports Power failure recovery - Able to wake the computer from specific states by LAN, Power switch, PME#, RTC alarm, USB, PS2 K/B, PS2 Mouse, Modem Ring-in COM port Onboard PCI Devices LAN -->...
  • Page 11 Features Peripheral Interfaces At Rear Panel PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports Parallel (printer) port S/PDIF-Out Coaxial jack S/PDIF-Out Optical VGA port RJ45 LAN connector Four USB2.0 ports Three Audio jacks Onboard connector and pin-header floppy drive connector ATA-100 IDE connector ATA-133 IDE connectors from IT8212F RAID controller (Optional) Four extra USB2.0 ports...
  • Page 12 Features Expansion Slots Four PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.3 PCI Express x1 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a PCI Express x16 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a Other BIOS Features Magic Health – A quick “dashboard” display at POST to show hardware status.

  • Page 13: Installation

    Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Note: Depending on the model you purchased, some components are optional and may not be available. Page 3-1...

  • Page 14: Mainboard Layout

    Installation Mainboard Layout Note: Depending on the model you purchased, some components are optional and may not be available. Page 3-2...

  • Page 15: Easy Installation Procedure

    Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. CPU Installation 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System Memory Configuration 3-4. Expansion Slots 3-5. Device Connectors 3-1 CPU Installation Step 1 Carefully remove the plastic protection plate from the socket.
  • Page 16 • Apply thermal compound or paste to the CPU to avoid CPU overheating and damage. • In accordance with Intel guidelines specifications, do not install a CPU over 20 times to avoid damaging the pins on the CPU socket.

  • Page 17: Jumper Settings

    Installation 3-2 Jumper Settings JCMOS: Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password, clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS. Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS...

  • Page 18: System Memory Configuration

    Installation 3-3 System Memory Configuration The mainboard accommodates four PC2700/PC3200 184-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Modules): • Supports up to 4.0GB of 333/400MHz DDR SDRAM. • Supports dual channel memory interface. • Supports non-ECC memory and non-Registered DIMMs only. • Supports 256Mb/512Mb/1Gb DDR technologies in x8 and x16 devices only.
  • Page 19 Installation Follow the recommendation below for memory performance. ) t i ) t i ) t i ) t i * SS: Single-Sided DIMM, DS: Double-Sided DIMM Note: Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speeds (overclocking) may severely compromise the integrity of the system. Page 3-7...
  • Page 20 Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 9 displays the notch on the DDR DIMM memory module. DIMMs have 184 pins and one notch that matches with the DDR DIMM socket. DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket and pressing straight down as shown in figure 10 until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 11).

  • Page 21: Expansion Slots

    Installation 3-4 Expansion Slots PCI Express Slot The mainboard is equipped with two PCI Express (x1) and one PCI Express (x16) slots compliant with PCI Express 1.0a. PCI Slots Express Slot The mainboard is equipped with 4 PCI slots. PCI Slots Installing an Expansion Card The steps below assume that the mainboard is already installed in the system chassis.
  • Page 22 Installation VGA Card Installation Caution 1. VGA card component is blocked by DIMM socket lock. 2. VGA slot clicker is not locked. 3. VGA card edge connector is not inserted properly. 1. VGA card component is not blocked by DIMM socket lock. 2.

  • Page 23: Device Connectors

    Installation 3-5 Device Connectors The I/O back panel for this mainboard is shown below. When installing the mainboard into the computer case, use the bundled I/O shield to protect this back panel. RJ45 Parallel Port PS/2 7.1 Audio Channel Mouse PS/2 Keyboard S/PDIF-out...
  • Page 24 Installation : Floppy Controller Connector IDE1: ATA-66/100 IDE Connector Supports up to 2 IDE devices from embedded IDE controller . IDE1 IDE2/IDE3:ATA-133 IDE Connectors (Optional) Supports up to 4 IDE devices from on board ITE IT8212F RAID controller with RAID 0, 1, 0+1 IDE3 function.
  • Page 25 Installation CFPA: Front Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connector can be used for front panel audio. The front panel phone jack should have “normal close” switch. Without phone plug inserted, the rear panel audio is enabled. With phone plug inserted, the rear panel audio will be disabled.
  • Page 26 Installation SPDIF: Sony/Philips Digital InterFace connector This connector links digital audio between the mainboard and your audio devices, such as CD player, sampler or DAT recorder. It allows the digital transmission of audio data in S/PDIF format. SPDIF_IN SPDIF_OUT GAME1: Game/MIDI connector This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick.
  • Page 27 Installation SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 / SATA4: Serial ATA Connectors These connectors enable you to connect Serial ATA devices that conform to the Serial ATA specification. SATA4 SATA1 LED: 80 Port Debug LED Provides two-digit POST code to show why the system fail to boot.
  • Page 28 Installation CFP: Front Panel Connector HD_LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed. PWR_LED This connects to the power button of the system chassis This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system.
  • Page 29 Installation 3-6 T T T T T her mo Stic mo Stic k Function k Function her mo Stic mo Stic mo Stick Function k Function k Function This mainboard is equipped with a digital thermometer capability to monitor any temperature.

  • Page 30: Power-On/Off (Remote)

    Installation 3-7 Power-On/Off (Remote) This board has a 24-pin ATX and a 4-pin ATX12V power supply connector to support power supplies with Remote On/Off feature. The 4-pin ATX12V connector must be plugged in for the system to operate safely. The chassis power button should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON header (Figure 13).
  • Page 31 Installation 3-9 ACPI S3 (Suspend To RAM) Function This mainboard supports the STR (Suspend To RAM) power management scheme by maintaining the appropriate power states in the DDR SDRAM interface signals. The power source to the DDR SDRAM is kept active during STR (ACPI S3).
  • Page 32 Installation Page 3-20...

  • Page 33: Bios Setup

    BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data is stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off.

  • Page 34: Standard Cmos Setup

    BIOS The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction (arrow key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function.

  • Page 35: Advanced Bios Features

    BIOS 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer’s default values for the board. Pressing the [F1] key displays a help message for the selected item.
  • Page 36 BIOS CPU L3 This controls the status of the processor’s internal Level Three cache. Options: Enables, Disabled. Hyper-Threading Technology Enables the CPU Hyper-Threading Technology. Options: Enables, Disabled. Note: It is recommend to enable Hyper-Threading Technology on system with Windows XP and Linux 2.4 and disabling it for legacy OS. First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items.

  • Page 37: Advanced Chipset Features

    BIOS APIC Mode This item allows you to enable APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) functionality. APIC is an Intel chip that provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) for its Pentium systems. Options: Enabled, Disabled. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance.
  • Page 38 BIOS DRAM Timing Selectable For setting DRAM Timing, select By SPD to follow Intel PC DDR SDRAM Serial Presence Detect Specification. Options: Manual, By SPD. CAS Latency Time This item specifies the number of clock cycles needed after a Column Address Strobe (CAS) signal before data can be read.
  • Page 39 BIOS *** VGA Setting *** PEG/Onchip VGA Control This item allows you to control the PEG or on-chip VGA. Options: Onchip VGA, PEG port, Auto. PEG Force X1 Options: Enabled, Disabled. On-chip Video Memory Size This item allows you to control the on-chip Video Memory size. Boot Display This item allows you to select the boot display device.

  • Page 40: Integrated Peripherals

    Intel RAID Boot ROM /ITE RAID Boot ROM /Marvell Lan Boot ROM (Optional) (Optional) Enable/disable the onboard Intel RAID/ITE RAID/LAN Boot ROM. Options: Enabled, Disabled. OnChip IDE Device Scroll to OnChip IDE Device and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Page 4-8...
  • Page 41 BIOS IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled. Options: Enabled, Disabled. IDE DMA transfer access Automatic data transfer between system memory and IDE device with minimum CPU intervention.
  • Page 42 BIOS *** On-Chip Serial ATA Setting *** SATA Mode This item allows you to select Serial ATA Mode. Options: IDE, RAID, AHCI. The following screen shows SATA Mode assigned to "RAID". Note: O/S driver for this RAID feature is available only for Windows XP, please check future updates for other O/S support.
  • Page 43 BIOS Onboard Device Setup Scroll to Onboard Device Setup and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: USB Controller Enables the USB controller. Options: Disabled, Enabled. USB 2.0 Controller Enables the EHCI (USB2.0) controller. Options: Disabled, Enabled. USB Keyboard Support Enable/Disable support for USB keyboard under DOS. Options: Auto, Enabled, Disabled.
  • Page 44 BIOS SuperIO Device Scroll to SuperIO Device and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller (FDC). If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select “Disabled “in this field. Options: Enabled, Disabled.

  • Page 45: Power Management Setup

    BIOS 4-5 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’s absolutely necessary.
  • Page 46 BIOS POWER ON Function Enables computer power on by keyboard, mouse, or hotkey activity. Password: Requires you to enter a password when using the keyboard to power on. Set the password in the next field “KB Power ON Password.” Hot KEY: Enables you to use a hot key combination to power on the (default) computer.
  • Page 47 BIOS User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode. Video Off Method This option allows you to select how the video will be disabled by the power management. The default is V/H Sync + Blank V/H Sync + Blank: System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer.

  • Page 48: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    BIOS USB Wake-Up From S3 This item allows a USB device to wake-up the system from S3 suspend state. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Resume By Alarm When set to Enable alarm resume, you can set the date (of month) and time (hh:mm: ss), that will awaken a system which has been powered down.
  • Page 49 BIOS Resources Controlled By Determines what controls system PNP/PCI resources. The default is Auto (ESCD). Manual: PNP Card’s resources are controlled manually. The “IRQ Resources” field becomes available and you can set which IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI and onboard devices. Auto: BIOS assigns the interrupt resource automatically.

  • Page 50: Pc Health Status

    BIOS 4-7 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST (Power On Self Test). Options: Enabled, Disabled. ACPI Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system.
  • Page 51 BIOS VAGP (V) The voltage level of power supplied to VGA card. VDIMM(V) The voltage level of the DRAM. VBAT(V) The voltage level of the battery. + 12V, VCC, 5VSB(V) The voltage level of the switching power supply. CHASSIS Smart Fan Control This item lets you define a chassis temperature that the system will maintain by smartly adjusting the chassis fan.

  • Page 52: Power Bios Features

    BIOS 4-8 Power BIOS Features This page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance for overclocking. Warning: Overclocking requires expert knowledge and risks permanent damage to system components. We recommend you leave these parameters at their default values for proper operation. Figure 9: PowerBOIS Features Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled the mainboard automatically disables the clock source for a PCI slot...
  • Page 53 BIOS CPU CLOCK/SPEED Enables you to increment the CPU’s clock generator at 1MHz step. This works together with CPU Clock Ratio (below) to set the CPU operating frequency. CPU Clock Generator x CPU Clock Ratio = CPU Frequency For example, if you have a processor that is rated at 2.4GHz and the clock generator is 200MHz, then 200MHz x 12 = 2.4GHz Press <Enter>...
  • Page 54 BIOS CPU Clock Ratio Use this item to select a multiplier to set the CPU frequency. See CPU CLOCK/ SPEED item above for explanation. Key in the DEC (decimal) number for the CPU Clock Ratio. In the following items, “Default Voltage” indicates the original factory value, and “New Voltage”...

  • Page 55: Defaults Menu

    BIOS 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options which are de- scribed below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’...

  • Page 56: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus. supervisor password: full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus. user password: only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus.
  • Page 57 BIOS 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS.
  • Page 58 BIOS Page 4-26...

  • Page 59: Raid Configuration (Optional)

    RAID Configuration Section 5 RAID CONFIGURATION (Optional) Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on RAID-related background knowledge and a general procedure to setup RAID system on this mainboard. RAID Basics RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit known as a RAID array.
  • Page 60 2 drives to operate, combining the benefits of RAID 0 and RAID 1. This mainboard is equipped with the following RAID controllers: 1. (Optional) Intel SATA RAID from ICH6R chip (SATA1/ SATA2/SATA3/SATA4) 2. (Optional) ITE PATA RAID for IDE from IT8212F (IDE2/ IDE3) Each of these controllers has their own unique RAID BIOS setup and Windows software.

  • Page 61: Intel Ich6R Raid Features

    Windows environment • Support “Hot-plug” – disconnect and rebuild RAID on-the-fly • Support Intel Matrix RAID technology – Segments the HDD into separate RAID volumes. (See diagram below) Note: For optimum system performance on 2 SATA drives we recommend to •...

  • Page 62: Enable Raid Function

    (Optional) For Intel ICH6R 1. Under CMOS setup, Integrated Peripherals section, set “SATA mode” to RAID, set “Intel RAID Boot ROM” to Enabled and restart the system. 2. Wait for the following screen to appear. Press the ”CTRL-I” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility.
  • Page 63 RAID Configuration (Optional) For ITE IT8212F IDE RAID 1. Under CMOS setup, Integrated peripherals section, set “ITE8212 device” to Enabled, set “ITE RAID Boot ROM” to Enabled and restart the system. 2. Wait for the following message to appear during boot-up: Press <CTRL-F>...
  • Page 64 RAID Configuration Method 2 1. Locate another computer and insert the bundled CD into its CD-ROM drive. 2. A main menu screen will appear (Autorun feature) 3. Select the page “RAID floppy” as shown below 4. Insert a blank floppy into the A:drive 5.

  • Page 65: Driver Installation

    Click “MARVELL GIGA LAN Driver” to install LAN driver. Step 5 : Click “USB 2.0 Driver” to install USB 2.0 driver. Step 6 : Click “INTEL ICH6R RAID Driver” to install Intel RAID driver. The (Optional) “INTEL APPLICATION ACCELERATOR RAID EDITION” item is for Intel RAID administrator.

  • Page 66: Realtek Sound Manager Quick User Guide

    Drivers Installation Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system, run the "Sound Manager" utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs. This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user-guide to setup "Sound Manager". For more detailed information, refer to "Sound Manager manual"...
  • Page 67 Drivers Installation Speaker Configuration: <Figure 3> 3. This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode is selected. Figure 3 above shows the phone jack setup for 8 channel mode. HRTF Demo: <Figure 4> 4. This page lets you test the HRTF 3D Positional Audio features. Page 6-3...
  • Page 68 Drivers Installation General: <Figure 5> 5. This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software. To remove "Sound Manager" icon from Windows Task bar, uncheck "Show icon in system tray". SPDIF: <Figure 6> 6. This page shows S/PDIF-In and S/PDIF-Out function on your system. S/PDIF-In: a.
  • Page 69 Drivers Installation This board is equipped with Jack Sensing capability. If an audio device is plugged into the wrong connector, a warning message will appear to remind users to check the connection. Connector Sensing: <Figure 7> 7. Push "Start" button to start the sensing. Please remember to terminate all audio applications before starting the sensing.
  • Page 70 Drivers Installation Connector Sensing: <Figure 9> 9. After closing EZ-Connector, this page will show the latest connector status as above. Page 6-6...

  • Page 71: Appendix

    Appendix Appendix A A-1 Realtek Media Player User’s Guide Realtek Media Player Platform 06 - Reo Speedwagon 06-Reo Speedwagon - K 03:31 Functional Descriptions A. Playback Windows Display Playback windows displays the following mode information: 1. Playback Time Display 2. Voice Cancellation Mode Display 3.
  • Page 72 Appendix B. Playback Function Controls There are 8 selectable functions for the playback: 1. Volume control High/Low Adjustment Bar. 2. Pitch control 4-step High/Low Adjustment Bar. 3. Repeat mode Choice of Repeat, All Repeat, Random or No Repeat Mode. 4. Mute Mute On/Off Mode select.
  • Page 73 Appendix D. Seeking bar Display Animated Playback Status E. Title/Play List Windows Display Currently Selected Title(s) F. Title/Play List Edit Controls There title/play list controls include “Add”, “Del”, “Clear”, “Load”, & “Store”. 1. Add Add to the Title/Play List. 2. Del Remove form the Title/Play List.
  • Page 74 Appendix J. Platform Display Panel Controls The platform display panel control include “Minimize” & “Close”. 1. Minimize Minimize Platform Display Panel. 2. Close Close/Exit Platform Display Panel. K. Equalizer Control Panel The Equalizer Control Panel include “On/Off” & “Preset”. 1. On/Off Enable/Disable Equalizer.

  • Page 75: Update Your System Bios

    Appendix Appendix B B-1 Update Your System BIOS Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy. Run the downloaded xxxxx.EXE file and it will self extract. Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk. Note: The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs.
  • Page 76 Appendix 5. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file. XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin 6. To confirm and proceed, please key in [Y] to start the programming. XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin 7. The BIOS update is finished. XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin F10 : Exit...

  • Page 77: Intel Application Accelerator Raid Option Rom

    Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM ® (Optional) This Appendix describes the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM for creating a RAID array on SATA hard drives attached to ICH6R. This RAID BIOS provides a pre-OS user interface with basic functionality needed to create and delete RAID volumes in a pre-OS environment.
  • Page 78 3. Determining the Version of the Option ROM There is only one way to determine the version of the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM integrated into the system BIOS. Use the following procedure to determine the version.

  • Page 79: Ite It8212 Raid Bios Setup Utility

    Appendix C-2 ITE IT8212 RAID BIOS Setup Utility (Optional) The IT8212F RAID controller Setup Utility provides functions to create, delete and rebuild an array. Power on the system and wait for the following screen to appear. Press “Ctrl-F” or “Ctrl-E” keys to enter Setup Utility or press the “Esc” key to skip and boot directly.
  • Page 80 Appendix Totally, there are five configurations supported: RAID level/Type Configurations Number of disks needed RAID 0 Disk Striping 2 or 3 or 4 RAID 1 Disk Mirroring RAID 0+1 Disk Striping + Mirroring JBOD Disk Concatenation 2 or 3 or 4 Normal None 1 or 2 or 3 or 4...
  • Page 81 Appendix When an array is not assigned a RAID level, you will see "----- " on the raw. Column "Array Mode" shows the RAID level (Stripe, Mirror, Stripe + Mirror or JBOD) assigned to the array. Column "Drive No" shows the number of hard drive included in the array.
  • Page 82 Appendix The RAID limitations are shown as below. Stripe (RAID 0): There isn’t any specific limitation. Mirror (RAID 1): Two hard drives that form a RAID 1 array have to be attached as the same master or slave hard disks. For example, primary channel (Pri) master drive (D0) and secondary channel (Sec) master drive (D0) can form a mirror array;...
  • Page 83 Appendix If your RAID Mode selection is Mirror or Stripe + Mirror and you choose not to delete the boot sector of the array, the following window will appear to ask whether you want to rebuild an array. If you choose “Y”, the Rebuild RAID Menu will appear.
  • Page 84 Appendix 3.Delete RAID Press “3” on the Main Menu to select Delete RAID Menu. Highlight the array you want to delete, press “Del” to select and then enter the Delete RAID Sub-Menu to Delete RAID Sub-Menu When you highlight the array you select to delete at the Delete RAID Menu and press the “Del”...
  • Page 85 Appendix A window will pop up to let select to monitor the whole rebuild process until it ends completely or select background rebuild. You can leave Setup Utility and boot directly if you choose background rebuild and rebuild can proceed at the background.
  • Page 86 Appendix C-10...

  • Page 87: Intel Matrix Raid Quick Guide

    RAID 0 volume (D: Drive) : for Games, Scratch Disks, Non-critical Applications. To enable Intel Matrix technology, a first RAID volume needs to be created that is less than the combined size of the two hard drives assuming they are the same size.
  • Page 88 1. Insert the bundled CD the CD-ROM drive. 2. Boot the system from the CD-ROM drive. 3. A menu of various RAID controllers will appear. Look for the Intel ICH6R RAID driver. 4. Insert a blank floppy into the A:drive 5.
  • Page 89 Storage Utility which can be used to manage the ® RAID configuration. ——————————Creating RAID 0—————————————— 8. Run the Intel® Storage Utility from the following link in the Start Menu: Start-> Program-> Inte Application Accelerator -> Intel Application Accel- ® erator 9.
  • Page 90 Appendix...

  • Page 91: Post Codes

    Appendix Appendix E E-1 POST CODES POST (hex) DESCRIPTION Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. - Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 &...
  • Page 92 Appendix Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). 19-1Ah Reserved Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. Reserved Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch.
  • Page 93 Appendix Test 8259 functionality. Reserved 45-46h Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4A-4Dh Reserved Program MTRR of M1 CPU Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable range.
  • Page 94 Appendix Reserved Initialize floppy controller Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. 70-72h Reserved (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if : -AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -ALT+F2 is pressed Reserved Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. Reserved Detect serial ports &...

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