Computer Hardware User Manual
Table Of Contents
- DSEB-D16 Series specifications summary
- Typography
- About this guide
- Safety information
- Notices
- Product introduction
- Hardware information
- Powering up
- BIOS setup
- RAID configuration
- 5.1 Setting up RAID
- 5.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility
- 5.2.1 Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set
- 5.2.2 Creating a RAID 10 set
- 5.2.3 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration
- 5.2.4 Initializing the logical drives
- 5.2.5 Rebuilding failed drives
- 5.2.6 Checking the drives for data consistency
- 5.2.7 Deleting a RAID configuration
- 5.2.8 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set
- 5.2.9 Enabling the WriteCache
- 5.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
- 5.4 Global Array Manager
- 5.5 LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility (DSEB-D16/SAS model only)
- Driver installation
- Reference information
ASUS DSEB-D16 Series 4-1
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup:
1.
ASUS AFUDOS
(Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable oppy
disk.)
2.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
(To recover the BIOS using a bootable oppy disk
when the BIOS le fails or gets corrupted.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a bootable oppy disk in
case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard
BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
4.1.1 Creating a bootable oppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable oppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB oppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type
format A:/S
then press <Enter>.
Windows
®
XP/2003 environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB oppy disk to the oppy disk drive.
b. Click
Start
from the Windows
®
desktop, then select
My Computer
.
c. Select the
3 ½ Floppy Drive
icon.
d. Right click
File
from the menu, then select
Format
.
A Format 3½
Floppy Disk
window appears.
e. Select
Create an MS-DOS startup disk
from the format options eld,
then click
Start
.