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Control Keys ..................30 Getting Help ..................30 The Main Menu ..................31 Standard CMOS Setup Menu..............32 Advanced BIOS Features..............34 Advanced Chipset Features ..............39 Integrated Peripherals ................42 Power Management Setup..............45 5.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup..............48 5.11 PC Health Status...................
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Jumper Settings Proper jumper settings configure the IMB202 to meet your application purpose. 2.3.1 COM1 Mode Select Jumpers (JP1, JP2, JP3) These jumpers select the COM1 port’s communication mode to operate RS-232 or RS-422/485. Description Function Jumper Setting...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 2.3.2 CMOS Clear Jumper (JP5) You may need to use this jumper is to clear the CMOS memory if incorrect settings in the Setup Utility. Description Function Jumper Setting Normal Clear CMOS (Default) Clear 2.3.3 Watchdog Trigger Mode Jumper (JP4) The watchdog timer performs the sensitive error detection and report function.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Connectors Connectors connect the board with other parts of the system. Loose or improper connection might cause problems. Make sure all connectors are properly and firmly connected. Here is a summary table shows you all connectors on the board. Function Connector Function...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Function Connector Function Connector LAN1 LINK LED USB CONNECTOR CN19 CN47 CONNECTOR (6/7) COM3 CONNECTOR CN20 SATA3 CONNECTOR CN50 PCIe x 1 SLOT CN21 SATA2 CONNECTOR CN51 USB CONNECTOR PCIe x 4 SLOT CN23 CN53 (10/11) PCI1 SLOT...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 2.4.1 VGA Connector (CN1) CN1 is a standard 15-pin pin DB15 connector commonly used for the CRT VGA display. Signal Signal Signal Green Blue AGND AGND AGND DDC DAT Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync DDC CLK 2.4.2 Serial Port Interface Connector (CN2) (RS232/RS422/RS485) The board has four onboard serial ports .COM1 is a standard D-Sub 9...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 2.4.3 Serial Port Interface Connectors (CN11, CN20, CN28) (RS232) The serial interface for the board consists of COM2 port (CN11), COM3 (CN20) and COM4 (CN28) supports RS-232. Connector: COM2 (CN11), COM3 (CN20), COM4 (CN28) Signal Data Carrier Detect (DCD) Data Set Ready (DSR)
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 2.4.5 Ethernet Connectors (CN6, CN7) 2.4.6 USB Port Connectors (CN6, CN7) The Universal Serial Bus (USB) port connector on the board is for the installation of peripherals supporting the USB interface. Each USB port consists of two 4-pin standard USB ports.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 2.4.7 ATX 4 Pin 12V In Connector (CN15) You can connect it to the ATX12V power supply for CPU Core Voltage. Signal +12V +12V 2.4.8 Floppy Disk Port Connector (CN36) The board provides a 34-pin header type connector, FDD1, supporting up to two floppy drives.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 2.4.9 SATA Connectors (CN55, CN54, CN51, CN50, CN43, CN44) These SATA connectors are for high-speed SATA interface ports and they can be connected to hard disk devices. Signal SATA_TX+ SATA_TX- SATA_RX- SATA_RX+ 2.4.10 USB Connectors (CN40, CN47, CN39, CN53) These Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors on this board are for installing versatile USB interface peripherals.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Connector: CN53 Signal Signal 1 USB POWER 2 USB POWER 3 USB P0- 4 USB P1- 5 USB P0+ 6 USB P1+ 7 USB GND 8 USB GND 9 NC 10 GND 2.4.11 Front Panel Connector (CN58) Power LED Pins 1, 3, 5 connect the system power LED indicator to its respective switch on the case.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Hardware Reset Pins 11 and 12 are designed for Hardware Reset. HDD Activity LED This connector extends to the hard drive activity LED on the control panel. This LED will flash when the HDD is being accessed. Pins 13 and 14 can be connected to the hard disk drive and front panel HDD LED.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 2.4.15 DIO Port Connector (CN30) The board is equipped a digital I/O connector CN30 that meets requirements for a system customary automation control. The digital I/O can be configured to control cash drawers, sense warning signals from an Uninterrupted Power System (UPS), or perform store security control.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 2.4.18 24-Pin ATX Power Connector (CN56) CN56 is the 24-pin ATX Power connector on the board. Please refer to next page for detailed pin assignment table. Signal Signal 3.3V 3.3V 5VSB 3.3V 3.3V -12V PS_ON Jumpers and Connectors...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual CHAPTER 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ® Before installing the processor, please access Intel website for more detailed information http://www.intel.com Installing the Processor The LGA775 processor socket comes with a cover to protect the processor. Please install the processor into the CPU socket step by step as below: 1.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 2. Open the cover (C), you can 3. Be careful not to touch the see the contact. contact (D). 4. Remove the plastic cap (E) from the cover. Hardware Installation...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 5. Place the CPU down into the socket. Be careful not to touch the contact. 6. Hold the edges of the CPU, and orientate it as the marked direction (G) down into the socket to match the (H) and (F) locations. Hardware Installation...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 7. Slightly push down the cover and hook the lever (I~J). The CPU is completely locked. 8. Orientate the CPU cooling fan to fixing holes on the board. Hardware Installation...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 9. Screw the CPU cooling fan onto the board. 10. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CPU fan connector. Hardware Installation...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Installing the Memory The board supports four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM memory sockets with maximum memory capacity up to 8GB. Please follow steps below to install the memory modules: Push down latches on each side of the DIMM socket. Align the memory module with the socket that notches of memory module must match the socket keys for a correct installation.
Make sure all correct settings are arranged for your installed microprocessor to prevent the CPU from damages. BIOS The IMB202 Series uses Award Plug and Play BIOS with a single 8Mbit Flash. System Memory TheIMB202 Series industrial CPU card supports four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets for a maximum memory of 8GB DDR2 SDRAMs.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual I/O Port Address Map ® ® The Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo and Celeron CPUs can communicate via I/O ports. There are total 1KB port addresses available for assignment to other devices via I/O expansion cards. Address Devices 000-01F...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual CHAPTER 5 PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS UTILITY The Phoenix-Award BIOS provides users with a built-in Setup program to modify basic system configuration. All configured parameters are stored in a battery-backed-up RAM (CMOS RAM) to save the Setup information whenever the power is turned off.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Control Keys Move cursor to the previous item Up arrow Move cursor to the next item Down arrow Move cursor to the item on the left hand Left arrow Move to the item in the right hand Right arrow Main Menu -- Quit and delete changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual The Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu appears on the screen. In the Main Menu, there are several Setup functions and a couple of Exit options for your selection. Use arrow keys to select the Setup Page you intend to configure then press <Enter>...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Standard CMOS Setup Menu The Standard CMOS Setup Menu displays basic information about your system. Use arrow keys to highlight each item, and use <PgUp> or <PgDn> key to select the value you want in each item. Date The date format is <day>, <date>...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual IDE Primary Master/Primary Slave These items identify the types of each IDE channel installed in the computer. There are 45 predefined types (Type 1 to Type 45) and 2 user’s definable types (Type User) for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Press <PgUp>/<+>...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page. Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system, to set up some system features according to your preference. Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual CPU Feature Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the CPU Feature sub menu. Removable Device Priority Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu to decide the removable device priority. Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced BIOS Features page. Hard Disk Boot Priority Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu to decide the disk boot priority. Virus Warning This option flashes on the screen.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual NOTE This function is only available with DOS and other operating systems that do not trap INT13. External Cache The external cache is the cache that sits between the processor and the system memory. Quick Power On Self Test This option speeds up Power on Self Test (POST) after you turn on the system power.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual APIC Mode Use this item to enable or disable APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) mode that provides symmetric multi- processing (SMP) for systems. MPS Version Control For OS This item specifies the version of the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS).
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Advanced Chipset Features This section contains completely optimized chipset’s features on the board that you are strongly recommended to leave all items on this page at their default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your system hardware.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. DRAM RAS# Precharge The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh. If insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual PCI Express Root Port Func Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu to decide the PCI Express Port. Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced Chipset Features page. *** VGA Setting *** Onchip VGA Control Use this item to choose the primary display card.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Integrated Peripherals This section allows you to configure your SuperIO Device, IDE Function and Onboard Device. OnChip IDE Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu OnChip IDE Device. Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual SATA Mode There are these options for you to set up SATA mode: IDE, RAID or AHCI. LEGACY Mode Support Legacy mode support allows devices to function in an operating environment that is not USB-aware. Press <Esc>...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual are 378H/IRQ7, 278H/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled. The 3BC option does not support any EPP modes. PWRON After PWR-Fail This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its operating status. Press <Esc> to return to the Integrated Peripherals page. USB Device Setting Scroll to this item and press <Enter>...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn OFF video display after a period of inactivity. ACPI Suspend Type This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual to restore the system when a “wake up” event occurs. Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume When this item is set Auto, the system will run VGA BIOS if it is resumed from the S3 state. Power Management This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Disabled System will never enter SUSPEND mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering SUSPEND mode. 1/2/4/6/8/10/2 If any item defined in (J) is enabled & active, 0/30/40 SUSPEND timer will be reloaded Min/1 Hr HDD Power Down If HDD activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual HPET Mode Use this item to configure the HPET (High Precision Event Timer) mode. Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page. 5.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes the configuration of PCI (Personal Computer Interconnect) bus system, which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds close to the CPU speed while communicating with other important components.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual serious conflict that the operating system can not boot. Options are: “Enabled, Disabled”. Resources Controlled By The Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play-compatible devices. If you select Auto, all interrupt request (IRQ), DMA assignment, and Used DMA fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual buffer for data storage. Maximum Payload Size defines the maximum TLP (Transaction Layer Packet) data payload size for the device Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page. 5.11 PC Health Status This section supports hardware monitoring that lets you monitor those parameters for critical voltages, temperatures and fan speed of the board.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual FAN1/2/3 Speed Show you the current system fan1/2/3 speed. Vcore +3.3V/+5V/+12V/VBAT(V)/5VSB Show you the voltage of +3.3V/+5V/+12V. Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page. 5.12 Frequency/Voltage Control This section is to control the CPU frequency and Supply Voltage, DIMM OverVoltage and AGP voltage.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Spread Spectrum If spread spectrum is enabled, EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) generated by the system can be significantly reduced. CPU Host Clock Use this item value to setup CPU frequency value. Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page. 5.13 Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter>...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 5.14 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load your system configuration with default values. These default settings are optimized to enable high performance features. To load CMOS SRAM with SETUP default values, please enter “Y”. If not, please enter “N”.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 5.15 Set Supervisor/User Password You can set a supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences between them are: Supervisor password: You can enter and change the options on the setup menu. User password: You can just enter, but have no right to change the options on the setup menu.
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 5.16 Save & Exit Setup This section allows you to determine whether or not to accept your modifications. Type “Y” to quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory. Type “N” to bring you back to the Setup utility. Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 5.17 Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving changes you have made in this session. Type “Y”, and it will quit the Setup utility without saving your modifications. Type “N” to return to the Setup utility. Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility...
INSTALLATION OF DRIVERS The device drivers are located on the Product Information CD-ROM that comes with the IMB202 Series package. The auto-run function of drivers will guide you to install the utilities and device drivers under a Windows system. You can follow the onscreen instructions to install...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual ® An Intel License Agreement appears to show you the important information. Click “Yes” to next step. Please wait while running the following setup operations. (3-1) Installation of Drivers...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual (3-2) Click “Finish” to complete the setup process. Installation of Drivers...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual You will be asked to reboot your computer when the installation is completed. Please click “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” if you don’t need to install any other drivers. Otherwise, please click “No, I will restart my computer later”, and go on next step.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual ® An Intel License Agreement appears to show you the important information. Click “Yes” to next step. The message of Readme File Information appears to show you the system requirements and installation information. Please click “Next”. Installation of Drivers...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 4. Please wait while running the following setup operations. 5. When this message appears, please click “Next”. Installation of Drivers...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual 6. You will be asked to reboot your computer when the installation is completed. Please click “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” if you don’t need to install any other drivers. Otherwise, please click “No, I will restart my computer later”, and click “Finish”...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Installing LAN Driver Run the InstallShield Wizard for Ethernet from the driver directory in your driver CD. Click “Next” to next step. Click “Install” to start the installation. Installation of Drivers...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Please wait while running the following installation operation. Click “Finish” to complete the installation. Installation of Drivers...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual APPENDIX A WATCHDOG TIMER Watchdog Timer Setting After the system stops working for a while, it can be auto-reset by the Watchdog Timer. The integrated Watchdog Timer can be set up in the system reset mode by program. Using the Watchdog Function Start ↓...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual IF to disable WDT :O 2E 30 O 2F 00 ; Can be disable at any time N=00 M= 00h: Time-out Disable 01h: Time-out occurs after 1 second 02h: Time-out occurs after 2 second 03h: Time-out occurs after 3 second ………………………........
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual APPENDIX B CONFIGURING SATA FOR RAID FUNCTION Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) for RAID ® Function (Controller: Intel ICH9R/DO only) Please follow up the steps below to configure SATA hard drive(s): (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. (2) Enter the BIOS Setup to configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual (2)-1 Turn on your system and press the Del button to enter BIOS Setup during running POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, just select RAID for SATA Mode (default IDE) under the Integrated Peripherals menu.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual (2)-2 Set CDROM for First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to boot CD-ROM after system restarts (Figure 2). Figure 2 (2)-3 Save and exit the BIOS Setup. (3) Configuring RAID by the RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual (3)-1 After the POST memory testing and before the operating system booting, a message "Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Configuration Utility" (as Figure 3) shows up, accordingly, press <CTRL+ I> to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. Figure 3 (3)-2 After you press <CTRL+ I>, the Create RAID Volume screen...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual (3)-3 After entering the CREAT VOLUME MENU screen, you can type the disk array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) in the item “Name”. When finished, press ENTER to select a RAID level (as Figure 5). There are three RAID levels, RAID0, RAID1 and RAID5&RAID10.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual (3)-5 After setting all the items on the menu, select Create Volume and press ENTER (as Figure 7) to start creating the RAID array. Figure 7 (3)-6 When prompting the confirmation, press “Y“ to create this volume, or “N“...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual After the creation is completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity. Figure 9 Delete RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Please press [ESC] to exit theICH9R RAID BIOS utility. Now, you can proceed to install a SATA driver controller and the operating system. (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install the operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual (4)-3 When the RAID Driver is written to the floppy disk, the SATA driver disk is completed. Note Please execute the f6flpy64.exe file, if installing 64-bit Windows Operating System. (5) Installing the SATA controller driver during the OS installation Now, the SATA driver disk is ready, and BIOS settings configured, you can proceed to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive using the SATA driver.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual (5)-1 Restart your system to boot the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk, and press F6 button as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (as Figure 11).
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual (5)-3 If the Setup correctly recognizes the driver of the floppy disk, a controller menu (as Figure 13) will appear below. Use the ARROW keys to select Intel(R) 82801IR/ IHO SATA RAID Controller and press ENTER. Then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk.
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual MEMO Configuring SATA for RAID Function...
IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual APPENDIX D DIGITAL I/O Digital I/O Software Programming Program Sample O 4E 87 O 4E 87 O 4E 87 O 4E 87 O 4E 29 O 4E 29 O 4F 01 O 4F 01 O 4E 07 O 4E 07 O 4F 07...
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IMB202 LGA775 ATX Board User’s Manual Note status Out-1 Out-2 Out-3 Out-4 Digital I/O...