User’s Manual nVIDIA nForce3 250 mainboard for AMD Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. These specifications are subject to change without notice. 60000028K3I20 Manual Revision 2.
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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 C 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 1 . Re inse rt the B IO S inc o rre c tly c hip 2 . Inc o rre c t BIO S update ve rsio n 3 . M ainbo ard pro ble m 4 . Add-o n c ard inse rte d inc o rre c tly. 2 .
Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Package Contents ...................................................... 1- 1 Mainboard Features ................................................... 1- 2 System Block Diagram ............................................... 1- 5 Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification ............................................ 2- 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Layout ..................................................... 3- 1 Easy Installation Procedure ........
PNP/PCI Configuration .............................................. 4- 14 PC Health Status ........................................................ 4- 15 Power BIOS Features ................................................. 4- 17 Defaults Menu ........................................................... 4- 19 Supervisor/User Password Setting ............................ 4- 20 Exit Selecting ..............................................................
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Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 Package Contents Contents Optional Items A. Mainboard H. Game & COM bracket cable B. User’s manual I. Extra USB2.0 port cable C. Floppy drive cable J. S/PDIF Module D. HDD drive cable If you need the optional item, please contact your dealer for assistance. E. CD (drivers and utilities) F. I/O Shield G.
Introduction 1-2 Mainboard Features Brief Introduction AthlonTM 64 Processor The AMD AthlonTM 64 processor family is designed to support performance desktop. It provides a high performance HyperTransportTM link to I/O, as well as a single 64-bit high-performance DDR memory controller. For more information about all the new features AthlonTM 64 Processor deliver, check out the AMD website at http://www.amd.
Introduction Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation and status. This includes CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in RPMs. 10/100 LAN This mainboard is mounted with an ethernet LAN PHY. It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub. Serial ATA Support Serial ATA, an evolutionary replacement for Parallel ATA IDE storage interface .
Introduction Special Features & Cool ‘n’Quiet Technology Reduce the noise and heat from your PC when AMD Cool’n’QuietTM Technology is enabled. & 80 Port An onboard LED-display trouble-shooting device, facilitating user to detect boot-up problems. & QuickSPDIF On board SPDIF-out connector for quick connection to multi-channel speakers. Not only removes cable cluttering but also delivers loss-free digital audio to let you enjoy DVD movies and games with crystal clear sound.
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Specification Section 2 SPECIFICATION Mainboard Specification Processor Supports 754-pin Socket for AMD Athlon 64 processors with 1.6GTs Hyper Transport FSB up to 3700+ Chipset nVidia nForce3 250 Chipset Main Memory Three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets for 64-bit, Unbuffered, Single/Doubleside and DDR-266/333/400 DIMMs Supports up to 3GB memory size BIOS Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS - ACPI v2.0 compliant - S3 (Suspend to DRAM) sleep-state support - SMBIOS (System Management BIOS) v2.
Specification Audio Six channel audio with analog and digital output using Realtek ALC655 AC’97 CODEC - AC’97 v2.
Specification Front Panel Controller Supports Reset & Soft-Off switches Supports HDD & Power LEDs Supports PC speaker Supports Front Panel Audio connector Expansion Slots One AGP slot supporting 1.5v 4X/8X AGP card - AGP v3.0 compliant Six PCI slots with Bus Master support - PCI v2.2 compliant Other Features Magic Health – A quick “dashboard” display at POST to show hardware status.
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Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Mainboard Layout Page 3-1
Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. 3-2. 3-3. 3-4. 3-5. CPU Installation Jumper Settings System Memory Configuration Expansion Slots Device Connectors 3-1 CPU Installation Step 1 Step 2 Place the back plate into the two holes around the CPU area behind the mainboard. Place the retention mechanism on the mainboard as shown. Step 3 Screw in the two pan head screws.
Installation Step 5 Step 6 Align pin 1 on the CPU with pin 1 on the CPU socket as shown in the illustration above. The CPU is keyed to prevent incorrect insertion. Do not force the processor into the socket. If it does not go in easily, check for mis-orientation and reinsert the CPU. Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket. Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever.
Installation Step 9 Plug the CPU fan power into the mainboard’s CPU fan connector. The installation is complete. Note: Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage.
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. 1 Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS To CMOS Clear data, please follow the steps below. 1. Turn off the system. 2. Change the jumper from “1-2” to “2-3” position for a few seconds. 3. Replace the jumper back to the “1-2” position. 4.
Installation 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The mainboard accommodates three PC2100/PC2700/PC3200 184-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Modules): • Supports up to 3.0GB of 266/333/400MHz DDR SDRAM. • Supports unbuffered DIMM configurations defined in JEDEC DDR DIMM specification.
Installation 3-4 Expansion Slots AGP Slot The mainboard is equipped with an AGP slot. Make sure you install a card that supports the 1.5V specification. AGP Slot PCI Slots The mainboard is equipped with 6 PCI slots. PCI Slots AGP Card Installation Caution When installing the AGP card make sure the AGP card edge connector is inserted fully into the slot and the slot clicker is locked.
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 LAN Parallel Port Line-in/Rear out (Blue) PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Line-out/Front out (Green) Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink) S/PDIF-out Coaxial Jack COM1 USB2.
Installation FDD: Floppy Controller Connector This connects to the floppy disk drive. IDE1/IDE2:Ultra DMA-100/133 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector IDE1 IDE2 This mainboard is equipped with 2 IDE connectors to support up to 4 ATA-100/133 IDE drives. It supports PIO and DMA mode operations for maximum data transfer rate of 133MB/sec per channel. FDD 34 33 40 When using two IDE drives, one must be set to 39 Master mode and the other to Slave mode.
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.
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 VCC 5 1 6 2 NC GND SPDIF_OUT GAME1: Game/MIDI connector This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick.
Installation SATA1 / SATA2: Serial ATA Connectors These connectors enable you to connect Serial ATA devices that conform to the Serial ATA specification. SATA1 SATA2 1 GND B+ BA- A+ GND GND LED: 80 Port Debug LED Provides two-digit POST code to show why the system fail to boot. Allows quick and easy optimization. 80 Port Debug 7-segment LED display (Refer to Appendix C for POST codes) CUSB3/CUSB4: Four USB 2.0 ports This mainboard includes 2 additional USB2.0 ports, identified by two 10-pin connector.
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 CFP RST This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system. PW_ON This is connected to the power button on the case. To use the Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN feature, refer to the Power Management Setup in the BIOS setup section of this manual.
Installation 3-6 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 11).
Installation 3-8 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). Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides many Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support Instant ON and QuickStartTM function. 1. To enable STR functionality to save system power : a.
Installation 3-9 CPU Overheating Protection This mainboard is equipped with CPU Overheating Protection. It will automatically remove power to shutdown the system when CPU temperature reaches approximately 110°C. This is to prevent long term damage to the CPU from overheating. This protection is designed through hardware and no BIOS setup is required. To power on your system again, Step 1: Unplug the ATX power cord (or turn off the ATX power supply switch) Step 2: Wait a few minutes for the CPU to cool.
BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data is stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or a device is added.
BIOS The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction (arrow key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function. When a selection is made, the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters.
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. Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you to select the hard disk boot priority.
BIOS First /Second/Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. Options: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, LAN, Disabled. Boot Other Device When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operating system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the first, second, and third boot devices. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the “ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup DRAM Configuration Scroll to DRAM Configuration and press . The following screen appears: Max Memclock (Mhz) This item sets the memory clock. By placing an artificial memory clock limit on the system, memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency. Example, “200” will set to DDR400 speed.
BIOS CAS# Latency (Tcl) Enables you to select the CAS latency time. The value is set at the factory depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM and DRAM clock from DRAM Timing Selectable. Options: Auto, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0. RAS# to CAS# dealy (Trcd) This item sets the timing parameters for the system memory such as the CAS (Column Address Strobe) and RAS (Row Address Strobe). Options: Auto, 2 ~ 7.
BIOS HT Frequency This item allows you select the Hyper Transport Frequency. Options: 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x. (1x-->200MHz, 2x-->400MHz, 3x-->600MHz, 4x-->800MHz, 5x-->1000MHz) Special I/O for PCI Card Options: Disabled, Enabled. System BIOS Cacheable This item allows the system to be cached in memory for faster execution. Options: Disabled, Enabled.
BIOS IDE Function Setup Scroll to IDE Function Setup and press . The following screen appears: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The mainboard supports two channel of ordinary IDE interface and one channel of serial ATA interface. Select “Enabled” to activate each channel separately. Note: If you do not use the onboard IDE connector, set the Onboard Primary (or Secondary) PCI IDE to “Disabled”. Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Select the mode of operation for the IDE drive.
BIOS IDE RAID This item allows you to select the IDE RAID mode. When set to “Enabled” the following six fields become available. Options: Enabled, Disabled. IDE DMA transfer access Automatic data transfer between system memory and IDE device with minimum CPU intervention. This improves data throughput and frees CPU to perform other tasks. Options: Enabled, Disabled. IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time.
BIOS AC97 Audio This item allows you disable the chipset on-chip AC97 Audio. Options: Auto, Disabled. NV Lan Enables the onboard LAN feature. Options: Auto, Disabled. NV Lan MAC Address Machine MAC (NV) address selection. Options: Enabled, Disabled. NV Lan Address Input Allows you to input the MAC (NV) address. Current NV Lan MAC Address Display the current MAC (NV) address. Onboard Debug LED Enables the onboard Debug LED feature. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS UART Mode Select This field configures the 2nd serial port for IR application. Select the required IR protocol or select “Normal” to disable IR mode. Options: Normal, IrDA and ASKIR. Onboard Parallel Port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port. Options: 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled. Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. Options: SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP+EPP.
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. Figure 6: Power Management ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select S1(Power-On-Suspend) or S3(Suspend-To-RAM) function. Options: S1(POS), S3(STR), S1&S3.
BIOS PCI PME From Soft-Off An input signal from PME on the PCI card awakens the system from soft-off state. Options: Enabled, Disabled. WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off An input Ring-In signal from the modem awakens the system from a soft-off state. Options: Enabled, Disabled. USB Resume from S3/S4 This item allows a USB device to wake-up the system from S3/S4 suspend state. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS Hot Key Power ON Enables you to set a hot key combination to be used for powering on the system. Options: Ctrl+F1 ~ Ctrl+F12. PwerOn After Pwr-Fail This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its last operating status after power returns from a power failure. Off: The system stays off after a power failure. Former-Sts: The system returns to the state it was in just prior to the power failure.
BIOS Interrupt requests are shared as shown below: INT W INT X INT Y INT Z AGP Slot AC97 V V Slot 1 V Slot 2 Slot 3 V V Slot 4 V Slot 5 V Slot 6 V Onboard LAN V Onboard USB V Onboard USB V USB 2.0 SM BUS INT E V V IMPORTANT! When using PCI cards on shared IRQ slots, make sure its drivers support “Shared IRQ”, or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. IRQ conflicts between the two PCI groups will make the system unstable or cards inoperable.
BIOS 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. Smart Fan for CPU Temperature This item allows you set CPU fan temperature to smartly adjust the fan speeds for more efficient system operation. Options: Disabled, 35oC/95oF, 40oC/104oF, 45oC/113oF, 50oC/122oF, 55oC/132oF. Current CPU Temperature Displays the current CPU temperature.
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: Frequency/Voltage Control System Performance This item will help you to configure your system performance, selecting higher performance may cause instability. Options: Normal, Fastest.
BIOS Note: Overclocking failure will cause no display on the monitor. To overcome this switch off the power supply and switch on again. Restart the system, press and hold key. This will revert the BIOS to default or initial setting. AGP OverClock in MHz Enables you to subtle tune the AGP/PCI frequency at increments of 1MHz step. This feature locks the AGP/PCI frequency when overclocking. Options: 66 to 100 in 1MHz increments.
BIOS Chipset Voltage This item allows you to adjust the chipset voltage. Options: 1.6V, 1.65V, 1.7V, 1.75V. We recommend that you leave this at the default value. 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press on this item you get a confirmation dialog box: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations.
BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus. supervisor password: full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus. user password: only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
BIOS 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Pressing 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. After saving the values the system is restarted again.
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S-ATA RAID Configuration Section 5 S-ATA RAID CONFIGURATION Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on RAID-related background knowledge and a general procedure to setup RAID system on this mainboard. RAID Basics RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit known as a RAID array. The advantage of RAID is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance.
S-ATA RAID Configuration RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB. RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance. RAID 1 (Mirroring) RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel.
S-ATA RAID Configuration nVidia S-ATA RAID Features The nVidia S-ATA RAID solution uses the nForce3 250 MCP chip as a RAID controller, which is a 2-channel S-ATA and 1-channel ATA133 solution. Listed below are the main features and benefits of nVidia S-ATA RAID: • Support two S-ATA hard disk drives. • Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB (48-bits LBA). • Supports RAID 0, 1 and JBOD.
S-ATA RAID Configuration Enable RAID Function For any RAID controller, the general procedure to enable RAID function are shown below: Note: If you are not installing O/S into the RAID disks, you may skip Step 2 & Step3. Step 1: Create RAID Array RAID arrays are created using the RAID controller’s BIOS utility. NVIDIA nForce3 250 Power-on the system and wait for the following screen to appear. Press the ”F10” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility.
S-ATA RAID Configuration Step 2: Prepare driver floppy When installing Windows XP/2000/NT4.0 into any RAID disk, the O/S setup will require a floppy disk containing the RAID driver. This step will show you how to prepare this driver floppy. There are 2 methods to prepare this floppy: Method 1 1. Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive 2. Boot the system from the CD-ROM 3. A menu of driver for various RAID controllers will appear 4. Insert a blank floppy into the A:drive 5.
S-ATA RAID Configuration Step 4: Install Software utility for Windows After the O/S has been installed, you may install the RAID driver and software. The RAID software is a Windows-based utility with graphical user interface that provides an easy operating tool to configure and manage RAID arrays. 1)Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2)When the main menu appears, click on the SATA RAID driver corresponding to the SATA controller you have configured in Step 1.
Drivers Installation Section 6 DRIVER INSTALLATION Easy Driver Installation Once the operating system has been installed, you need to install the drivers for the mainboard. Method 1 Auto Installation Selective Installation [nVIDIA nForce3 Series] Method 2 Please install SP4 for Windows 2000 before installing NVIDIA nForce3 driver nVIDIA nForce3 Driver AC’97 AUDIO Driver USB 2.0 Driver Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM and the main menu screen will appear.
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" in the CD. 1. Right-click “Sound Effect” button on the task bar and select “Sound Manager”. Sound Effect: 2.
Drivers Installation Equalizer: 3. There are 10 bands of equalizer control, check "ON" when you want to adjust the equalizer. Speaker Configuration: 4. This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode (no. of speaker) is selected. Figure 4 above shows the phone jack setup for 2 channel mode.
Drivers Installation Speaker Configuration: 5. For 6 channel mode, the audio combination is shown above. Speaker Test: 6. To test the speaker , select the “Speaker Test” page and click directly on the speakers shown on the screen.
Drivers Installation SPDIF-In: 7. This page shows S/PDIF IN function on your system. a. Click "Auto Lock" to detect S/PDIF input and display its information. b. Check "Real-time S/PDIF-In monitor" to listen to the S/PDIF IN signal through Line-out connector. SPDIF-Out: 8. This page lets you choose the type of audio source that will appear on the S/PDIF-out connector.
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: 9. Push "Start" button to start the sensing. Please remember to terminate all audio applications before starting the sensing. Connector Sensing: 10. EZ-Connection shows the result of the detection.
Drivers Installation Connector Sensing: 11. After closing EZ-Connector, this page will show the latest connector status as above. General: 12. 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".
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Appendix Appendix A A-1 Update Your System BIOS Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or 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. 1. Type “A:\AWDFLASH and press Key. 2. You will see the following setup screen. 3. Please key in the xxxxx.bin BIOS file name. XXXX 4.
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.
Appendix Appendix B B-1 NVIDIA RAID BIOS Utility Power-on the system and wait for the following screen to appear. Press the ”F10” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility. Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted. • Selecting the RAID Mode By default, this is set to Mirroring.
Appendix To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk, 1) Tab to the Free Disks section. The first disk in the list is selected 2) Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the rightarrow key (-> ). The first disk in the list is moved, and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved. 3) Continue pressing the right-arrow key (-> ) until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block.
Appendix Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up, then press Enter. The Array Detail window appears. The Array Detail window shows information about the array that you selected, such as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity. If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C. At the prompt, press Y to wipe out all the data, otherwise press N.
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Appendix Appendix C C-1 POST CODES POST (hex) DESCRIPTION CFh C0h 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 & F000 shadow RAM.
Appendix 18h 19-1Ah 1Bh 1Ch 1Dh 1Eh 1Fh 20h 21h 22h 23h 24-26h 27h 28h 29h 2A-2Ch 2Dh 2E-32h 33h 34-3Bh 3Ch 3Dh 3Eh 3Fh 40h 41h 42h C-2 Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). Reserved Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. Reserved Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch.
Appendix 43h 44h 45-46h 47h 48h 49h 4A-4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 53-54h 55h 56h 57h 58h 59h 5Ah 5Bh 5Ch 5Dh 5E-5Fh 60h 61-64h 65h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Dh Test 8259 functionality. Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. Reserved 1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2. Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable range. 3.
Appendix 6Eh 6Fh 70-72h 73h 74h 75h 76h 77h 78h-79h 7Ah 7B-7Eh 7Fh 80h-81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86-92h 93h 94h 95h 96h FFh C-4 Reserved 1. Initialize floppy controller 2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. Reserved (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if : -AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -ALT+F2 is pressed Reserved Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. Reserved Detect serial ports & parallel ports. Reserved Detect & install co-processor Reserved 1.
