Biostar M6TSU manuel d'utilisation

M6T SU Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C) Statement This devi ce complies with Part 1 5 of t he FC C Rul es. Ope ration of thi s device i s subj ect to the fol lowing two co ndit ions: (1) thi s device may not cause har mful interferen ce, and (2 ) this de vice m ust acce pt any in terference recei ved, incl uding interferen c e that may cau[...]

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Contents i Introd uction .... ......... ......... ......... ............ ......... ......... ......... ......... . 1-1 1 Motherboa rd Description ...... ......... ......... ......... ............ ......... . 1-2 1.1 Feat ures .. ....... ....... ....... ....... ......... ...... ....... ....... ....... ....... ......... ....... ....... ... 1 -2 1.1. [...]

Contents ii 1.6 Co nnectors, Head ers & Jumpers ... ....... ......... ....... ....... ...... ......... ....... .... 1 -16 1.6. 1 Front Panel Connector: J PANEL1 . ....... ......... ....... ....... ....... ...... .... 1-17 1.6. 2 ATX 2 0-pin Power Connector : JATXPW R1 ...... ...... ......... ....... .... 1 -19 1.6. 3 DIMM P ower Header: J DIMMP[...]

Contents iii 2.1 Mai n Menu .. ....... ....... ...... .......... ...... ....... ....... ....... ....... ...... ......... ....... ...... 2-3 2.2 St andard CMOS Feature s... ....... ...... ....... ....... ......... ....... ....... ...... ....... ...... 2 -6 2.3 Ad vanced BIOS Featur es ... ....... ......... ...... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....[...]

Contents iv 3.3. 5 Add/Remove Spar e Disk ..... ......... ....... ...... ....... ....... ....... ....... ........ 3-21 3.3. 6 Synchronize/Valida te/Verify Mirror Array .. ......... ....... ...... ....... .... 3-22 3.3. 7 Create Span Array . .. ... .. .. ....... .. ....... .. ....... ... ...... ... ...... ... ....... .. ....... . 3-24 3.3.8 C reat e[...]

Chapter1 M otherboar d Description 1-1 Introd uctio n System Over v ie w Congra tulati ons on the purc has e of your new sy s tem ! This m otherboa rd is des igned to tak e advant ag e of the l ates t i ndustry te chnology t o provi de y ou w ith the ult im ate solution in da ta proc e ss ing . In th e tradi tion of it s predec es sors, this m othe[...]

Chapter1 M otherboar d Description 1-2 1 Motherboard Descriptio n 1.1 Features 1.1.1 H ardwa re CPU − The P enti um ® !!! process ors (FC-PG A) and C eler on TM (FC-PGA) pro cessor (53 3MHz an d > 566M Hz) and Tu alatin (F C-P GA2) proces sor the new gene rati on powe r for high-e nd wor ksta tions and servers. − Pro vi des So cket 3 7 0 . [...]

Chapter1 M otherboar d Description 1-3 − Wa kes up by any k ey pres sed or m ouse acti vity . − Wa k e On LA N connec tor. − S3 (sus pend to RA M) support . BUS Slots − Provides six PCI Bus slots , one CNR sl ot (sla ve only) and one AG P Bus slo t . Integrated IDE controller − Supports 4 IDE ha rd disk dri ve s. − Supports PIO m ode 5,[...]

Chapter1 M otherboar d Description 1-4 − MPU-401 MDI Support. − Intel ligent Auto P ower Management . − 2.88MB Super I/O Floppy Di sk Control ler. − Flo p py Disk Availab l e o n P arallel P o r t Pin s. Supports 360KB , 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB floppy disk dri ve s. − Enh anced Di gital Dat a Sepa rat o r . − Seria l Ports. Tw [...]

Chapter1 M otherboar d Description 1-5 − Total ATA bu s tri-st ate by external con trol and Sup port s Hotswap (Low signal Curre nt). Hardware M onitor Subsystem The hardwar e monitor subsystem p rovide s low-cost instrum entation capabilities. The features of the h ardw are monitor s ubsystem include: − Manag em ent L ev el 4 func tionali ty .[...]

Chapter1 M otherboar d Description 1-6 1.1.2 BIOS − AWARD BI OS. − AC PI Supported. − Supports A PM1.2. − Setting the CPU Hos t and M emor y cloc k f requenc y/ Ratio. 1.1.3 Sof tware Operating System s − Offers the h ighest p erformance for M S-DOS, Windows NT, Windows 2000, W indow s 9x , Wi ndows ME, W indows XP, Nov ell, LINU X(Red Ha[...]

Chapter1 M otherboar d Description 1-7 1.2 Motherboard Inst allation 1.2. 1 Sy stem Bl ock Diagra m D A T A CTRL A DDR VRM ICH 2 Keyboard Mous e Fl oppy P arall el Serial 1 SIO Clo ck PCI CO NN 1 PCI CO NN 2 3 DI MM Modu l es USB Po rt 1 CTRL DA TA ADDR IDE P ri m ar y ID E S ec ondar y U ltra DMA /33/ 66/1 00 USB PCI CNTR L PCI ADDR/DA T A LPC Bus[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-8 1.2. 2 Layout of Motherboard Model No.M6TSU K/B & Mouse JKBMS1 JUSB1 USB JCOM1 COM 1 Parallel Port JGAME1 JSPKR1 SP-OUT JLIN 1 LINE-IN JMIC1 MIC -I N GAME Port JPRNT1 JCFAN1 CPU1 U43 U34 BA T1 JATXPWR1 FDC1 IDE2 IDE1 AGP1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 CNR1 JPANEL1 JU SB2 JCMOS1 JSF AN1 JWOL1 JCOM2 INTEL 8 281 5EP INTEL 82[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-9 1.2.3 Qu ick Refere nce A. Back Panel Connertors L. Front Panel Connector (JPA NEL1) B. A GP Slot (AG P1) M. Front USB Header (JUS B2) C. PCI Slo ts (PCI1-6) N. RA ID Connector ( *RA I D1-2) D. C D-ROM Audio Header (JCDIN2) O. Clear CMO S Jumper (JCMOS1) E. Front A udio Header (JA UDIO1) P. FDD Connector (FDD1)[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-10 1.3 CPU Installation 1.3.1 C PU Installa tion Procedure: Socket 37 0 1. Pull th e le ver sideways away from the socket then raise the lever up to a 90-d e gree angle. 2. Lo ca t e P in A in t h e s oc ket a n d lo ok f or th e w h i t e d ot o r c u t ed ge in t h e C P U. M a t ch Pin A with the white dot/cut[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-11 1.3.2 CPU F an Head er: JCFA N1 Pin No. As sign m e nt 1 Ground 2 +12v 3 FAN R.P. M . Signal input 1.3.3 Sy stem Fan H ead er: JSF A N2 Pin No. As sign m e nt 1 Ground 2 +12v 3 FAN R.P. M . Signal input JCF AN1 JSF AN1 1 1[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-12 1.4 RA M Module Installation 1.4.1 D IMM DRA M A cces s T ime: 3.3V U nbuffere d SDR AM PC100/ 133 Ty pe re quired. DRA M Type : 64MB/ 128MB / 256MB/ 512MB DIMM Module (168pi n) Total Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 2 Memory Size (MB) DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 32 M 32M x 1 pc ---- ---- 64 M 64M x 1 pc ---- ---- 128 M 128M x 1 pc -[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-13 1.4.2 How to insta l l a D IMM Mo dule 1. The DIMM socket has a “ Plastic Safe ty Tab” and the DI MM m emor y m o dule has an asy mm etri ca l notch” , so th e DI M M memo ry mod ul e c an on l y fit into th e slot in one direction. 2. Pus h the tabs o ut. I nse rt the DI MM memor y mod u les int o t he [...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-14 1.5 Slots The slot s in this motherb oard are desi gned t o h old expansi on car ds and con nect th em to t he system b us. Exp ansio n slot s are a means of addin g or enhan cing th e mother board's featu res and cap abili ties. With th ese efficient facilitie s, y ou can increas e the moth erboar d&apos[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-15 1.5.1 A GP (A cceler ated Grap hic s Por t) Sl ot Unlike the m ouse ports, key board ports and print er ports this m otherboard does not have bu il t in vid eo facil it ies an d t herefo re req ui res a vid eo car d fo r o ne o f the expa nsion slots . Your monitor wil l attach dir ec tly to that v ideo ca rd.[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-16 1.6 Connectors, Headers & Jumpers The co nnect ors, h eaders and j umpers in trod uced b elow pro vide you lo ts of capabi litie s such as pow er supply, fr ont panel signa l rev ela tion, ID E hard disk connect ion, f loppy disk connec tion, W ak e On L AN func tion and F ront USB conn ection. Noti ceably[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-17 1.6.1 Front Panel Co nnec tor: JPA NEL1 Pin A ssig nment Functi on Pin A ssignme nt Functi on No. No. 1 +5V 2 Sleep Cont rol Sleep 3 NA 4 Ground Button 5 NA 6 NA NA 7 Speaker Speaker Connector 8 Po wer LE D (+) 9 HDD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+ ) 11 HDD LED (-) Hard Di sk LED 12 Power L ED ( -) POW ER LED 13 Groun[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-18 Reset Button This c onnector can be attac hed to a m omenta ry SPST switc h. This sw itch is usuall y open and wh en closed wil l caus e the motherb oard to rese t a nd run the POST (Power On Self T est). Power LE D Connector This con necto r can b e attached to an LED on the fron t pan el of a compu ter case.[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-19 1.6.2 ATX 20-pin Powe r Connector: JA TXPWR1 This connec tor supports the pow er button on-board. U sing the A TX pow er supply , func tions suc h as Modem Ring W ake-U p and Sof t Power Off are supporte d on thi s m otherboard. T his powe r conne ctor support s ins tant pow er-on functio nal it y, which means[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-20 1.6. 4 Hard Disk Co nnectors: IDE1/IDE 2 The motherboa rd has a 32-bit E nhanced, PCI ID E Contr oller that provide s PIO Mode 0~4, a nd Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100 func tionality . It has two HDD conn ectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (s econdary). Y ou can conn ect up to four hard d isk dr ives, a CD-RO M, a 12 0MB F[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-21 1.6. 7 CMOS Functi on Sel ec tion : JCMOS1 JCOMS1 As signment 1 3 1-2 Closed N ormal Oper ation (d efault) 1 3 2-3 Closed Plug out the power cabl e before clear CMO S Data 1.6. 8 Front USB Hea der: JUS B2 Pin A ssign ment Pin Assignment 1 +5V 2 +5V 3 USB1 Data(-) 4 USB2 Dat a(-) 5 USB1 Data (+) 6 USB2 Data(+ )[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-22 1.7 Back Panel Connectors Rear Speak er out This dri ver will also work for two chan nel systems. You can pla y DVD movies usin g In ter Vide o ’s Win DV D so ftware, if usin g fou r ch an nel systems. 1.7. 1 PS/2 Mous e / Keyboard Conne ctors: JKBMS1 The moth erboard pro vides a standard P S/2 mou se / Keyb[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-23 PS/2 M ouse / Keyboard Conne ctors Pin A ssig nment 1 Data 2 No connect 3 Ground 4 +5 V (fused) 5 Clo ck 6 No connect 1.7. 2 USB Conne ctor: J USB1 The moth erboar d provid es an UH CI (Uni versal Host C ontroller I nterface) Universal S erial Bus roots for attach ing US B devices such as: keybo ard, mo use an[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-24 1.7.3 Serial and Pa rallel Interface Ports This s ystem comes equipped w i th two se rial por ts and one par all el port. Both type s of interface po r ts will be explain ed in th is chap t er. 1.7.3.1 The Serial Interface: JCOM1/JCOM 2 The serial interface po rt is somet imes referred to as an RS-232 port or [...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-25 Connectivity The serial port can be used many ways, and it may be ne cessary to become familiar with th e pin -ou t diagram. The following c hart gives you the function o f each pin on the 9 - pin c onnector and som e of the 25-pin c onnector . T his informati o n can be used when co n figur ing certain softwa[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-26 1.7.3.2 Paral l el Interface Port: JPRNT1 Unli ke the serial po rt, paral lel interface po rts have bee n stan dardiz ed and s hou ld not pre sen t an y di fficul ty inte rfacin g per ip h er als to your system. So meti mes called a centro nics po rt, the paralle l por t is almost exclusivel y used with printe[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-27 1.7. 4 Game (J oy stick /MIDI) Port Conn ector: JGA ME1 This con n ect or allo ws y ou to co nn ect a joystick o r game pad for p l aying comput er gam es. Als o, y ou ma y pl ay or edit prof ess ional m usic by conne cting MI DI devices. 1.7. 5 A udio Po rt Connector s: JSP KR1/JLI N1/JMIC1 Speaker Out is use[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-28 1.7. 6 A udio Su bsystem 1.7.6.1 A UX Audio in Header: JA UX1 (Op tional) Pin No. A ssignme nt 1 Left Channel Aux -in 2 Gro und 3 Gro und 4 Right C hannel Aux i n JAUDIO 1 JAUX1 JT AD1 JCDIN 1 JCDIN2 1 1 1 1 1[...]

Chapter1 M otherboard Description 1-29 1.7.6.2 Telephony H eader: JTA D1 Pin No. A ssignme nt 1 Phone 2 Gro und 3 Gro und 4 MONO _out 1.7.6.3 Front AUDIO Header: JA UDIO1 Pin No. As sign m ent Pin No. Assignm en t 1 MI C_ i n 2 Gr ound 3 +5V 4 +5V 5 Audio_out_ R 6 Speaker_out_R 7 HIP_on 8 Pin R em oved as key pin 9 Audio_out_L 10 Speaker_out _L 1.7[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-1 2. BIOS S etup Intr oduc tion This manua l discu ssed Award™ Setup p rogram bu ilt in to th e ROM B IOS. Th e Setup prog ram al low s users to m odify the basi c sys tem conf i gura t ion. This spec ial informati on is th en sto red in battery-backed RAM so that i t retai ns th e S etup informati on when the p ower is t [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-2 PCI Bus Support This A WARD BIOS also s upports Ver sion 2.1 of the Intel PCI ( Periphera l Compon ent I ntercon nect) l ocal b us specificat ion. DRAM Support SDRA M (Sy nchronous DRA M) are s upported. Supported CPUs This A WA RD BIOS supports the Intel Pentium ® !!! CPU. Using Se tu p In general, you use the arrow keys[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-3 2.1 Main Menu Once you en ter Aw ard BIO S™ CMOS Setu p Utility, t he Main Menu will app ear on th e s creen. The Main Men u allows you to select from several setu p function s. Use th e arrow keys to sel ect among t he items and press <Enter> t o accept and enter the s ub-menu.  Figure 1. Main Menu Standard CMO[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-4 Advanced Chipset Features This su bmenu al lows you to co nfigure sp ecial ch ipset features. Integrated Peripherals This subm enu all ows y ou to conf igure cert ain ID E hard drive options and Program med Input / Out put fe ature s. Pow er Ma nagement Setup This s ubme nu allow s you to c onfigure the power m anagem ent [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-5 Set Supervisor Password Settin g th e sup er viso r passwor d will p r o h ibit e veryon e except the supervi so r from making chan ges usin g the CM OS Setup Utili ty. You will be pr ompted with to enter a pas swor d . Set User Password If the Supe rvis or Pas sw ord is not se t, the n the User Pass word w ill f unction i[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-6 2.2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Stan dard CMOS Setup Menu are divid ed in to 10 c ategories. Each category in clud es no, one or more tha n one set up i tems. Use the arrow keys to high light th e item and then use th e<PgUp> or <P gDn> keys to select th e value you w ant in each ite m .  Figure 2. S[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-7 Main M enu Selections This t able sh ows the se lection s that you can make on th e Main Menu . Item Options Description Dat e MM DD YYYY Set th e sy stem da te. Note that the ‘Da y’ automatically changes w hen you set the date. IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu. Press <Enter > to enter the sub menu [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-8 Item Options Description Halt On All E rro rs No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but D isket te All, but Disk/ Key Select the situati on in w hich you wan t the BIOS to stop the POS T process and notify y ou. Base M emory N/A Displays t he amount of conventi onal memory detected duri ng boot up. Ex tended M emory N/A Display[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-9 2.3 A dvanced BIOS Features  Figure 3. Advanc ed B IOS Setu p Boot Seq & Floppy Set up First /Second/Third/ Boot Other De vice These BI OS atte mpts to lo ad th e ope rating system fro m th e devices in the se quen ce selected in t hese items. The Choices: Fl op py, LS1 20, HD D-0 , SCSI , CDROM , HDD- 1, HDD- 2 , H[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-10 Virus Warning This opt ion allow s you to c hoose the VIRUS Wa rning f eature tha t is us ed to protec t the IDE Hard Disk boot sec tor. If this f unction i s enable d and an att empt is ma de to wri te to the boot s ector , B IOS w ill displa y a w arning m essag e on t he screen and so und an alarm be ep. Disabled (def [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-11 Sets the delay time a fte r the key is held dow n befo re it begins to repe at the keystroke. The Choices: 25 0 (default) , 500,750,1000. Security Option This o ption wil l enab le only ind ividuals with pas swords to brin g the system online a nd/or t o use the C MOS S etup Ut ility . Sys tem A pass word is requir ed f o[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-12 2.4 A dvanced Chipset F eatures This submen u allows you to configur e the specific features of the chipset in stalled on your system. This chip set manages bus speed s an d access to system memory resou r ces, such as DRAM an d extern al cache. I t also co ordi nates co mmunicati ons with th e PC I bus. The defaul t sett[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-13 Video BI OS Cach eable Select E nabl ed allo ws caching of th e video BIOS, resul ting in b etter system performance. However, if any pr ogram writes to this memory area, a system erro r may resu lt. The Choices: Disabl ed (d efault), Enabl ed. AGP Graphics Aperture Size This fie ld le ts y ou insert a tim ing del ay betw[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-14 2.5 Integrated Periph erals  Fi gure 5. Integra ted Peripherals On-Chip IDE Control The chip set con tains a P CI IDE interface wit h sup port for two IDE chann els. Select “E nabled ” to activat e the first an d / or seco nd IDE inter face. Select “Disab led” to d eactivate an int erface, if you in stall a p r[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-15 performance. In A uto mode, the system auto matically determines the best mode f or each devic e. The Choices: Auto (def ault), Mode0, Mode1, M ode2, Mode 3, Mode 4. IDE Pr im ary / Secondary M aster / Slave UDM A Ultr a DMA / 33 im plem entation is poss ible only if your IDE hard driv e supp orts. M ode 0 throu gh 4 pro [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-16 This it em allow s you to deci de to ena b le / disa ble to support AC97 A udio/Modem. The Choices: Auto ( default) , Disab led. Onboard FDC Controller Select En abled if your s y stem has a floppy disk contro ller (FDC ) install ed on the system board a nd you wish to u se it. If in stall an d FDC or the system h as no f[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-17 The Choices: Half (defau lt ), Full . Use I R Pins Consult y our IR pe ripher al doc um entati on to sele ct the c orrec t sett ing of the T xD and Rx D sig nals. The Choices: IR-R x 2Tx 2 (defau lt ), RxD2 TxD2. Onboard Parallel P ort This it em allows you to det ermine access on board parall el po rt co ntrol ler with w[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-18 Game Port Address Game Port I/O Addr ess. The Choi ces: 2 01 (def ault), 209, D isabl ed. Midi P ort Address Midi Port Ba se I/O A ddress. The Choices: 33 0 (defa ult), 300, 290, D isabl ed. Mid i Por t I R Q This det ermin es th e IR Q in whi ch th e M id i Port can u se. The Choices: 10 (d efaul t), 5.[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-19 2.6 Pow er Management Setup The Pow er Ma nageme nt Setu p Menu allow s you to conf igur e your sy stem to utili ze energy co nservati on and po wer up/po wer down features.  Figure 6. Power Manageme nt Set up ACPI function This i tem disp lays the s tatus o f the Advanced Configu ration and Po wer Manag e ment (A CP I[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-20 Power M ana gement This catego ry allows you to select th e type (o r degree) of power savin g and i s direct ly related to th e foll o win g modes: 1. HD D P o wer Do wn . 2.Doz e Mode . 3.Suspend M ode. Ther e a re f our options of P owe r Mana gem ent, three of w hich ha ve f ixe d mode settin gs Mi n. P ower Sav i ng [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-21 Video Off M ethod This o ptio n determin es the man ner in which t he monit or is goes blan k. V/H SYNC +Bla nk This selecti on will cau se the system to tu rn off the vert ical and horiz ontal synchron ization ports and write bl anks to t he vid eo bu ffer. Blank Screen (d efau lt ) Th is opti on only w rites blank s to [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-22 When enab led and after the set time of system in activity , th e hard disk dri ve will be pow e red dow n while all other dev ic es re ma in acti ve. The Choi ces: Disa bled (default), 1Min , 2Min, 3Min, 4Min, 5Min, 6Min, 7Mi n, 8Min, 9Min , 10Min, 11Min, 12Min, 13Min, 14Min, 15Min. Soft-Off by PWR-B TTN Pres sin g th e [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-23 For exampl e: If set to “Former-Sts” and AC po wer is lost when system is live , then af ter AC power is rest ored, the system will automatic ally power on . If AC power is lo st when system is not li ve, system will remain po wered o ff. CPU THRM-Thro ttling Select th e CP U THRM-Th ro t tling rate. The Choices: 50.0[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-24 2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations This s ection de scribes conf iguring the PCI bus sys te m. PCI, or Persona l Comput er Inter conn ect, is a system which all ows I/O d evices t o op erate at s peeds nearin g the sp eed of th e CPU itself uses when co mm u nicat ing with its own speci al c om ponents. This sec tion cov ers som [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-25 IRQ-3 assign ed to : P CI Device IRQ-4 assign ed to : P CI Device IRQ-5 assign ed to : P CI Device IRQ-7 assign ed to : P CI Device IRQ-9 assign ed to : P CI Device IRQ-1 0 assign ed to : P CI Device IRQ-1 1 assign ed to : P CI Device IRQ-1 2 assign ed to : P CI Device IRQ-1 4 assign ed to : P CI Device IRQ-1 5 assign ed [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-26 PCI / VGA Pal ette S noop Choose Disabl ed or Enabled. Some gra phic cont roller s w hich a re not VG A compati ble take the o utput from a VGA con troller and map it to th eir disp lay as a wa y to provide boot inf ormation an d VG A compa tibili ty. However, th e color infor mation comin g f rom the VGA con troll er is [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-27 2.8 PC Health Status  Figure 8. PC Health S t atus Show H/W M onitor in POST If y ou com puter conta in a m onitoring sy ste m, i t wi ll show PC health status duri ng PO ST sta ge. The item offers several delay time to sel ect you want. The Choices: 3 sec (def ault), 2 sec, 1 sec, None. CPU Warning Tempera tu re The i[...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-28 This field d is plays the curr en t sp eed S YS TEM fan. Current CPUFAN Speed This field d is plays the curr en t CP UFAN speed . CPU Volt age/1. 5V/ 3.3V/+ 5V/+12V 5V/+12V 5V/+12V 5V/+12V Detect t he system’s vol tage statu s automati cally. Shutdown Temperature This item allo ws y o u to set up the CP U shut down Tem [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-29 2.9 Frequency /Voltage Control  Figure 9. Freq u encyC ontrol Auto De tect DI MM /PC I Cl k This i tem allows you to en able/ disabl e auto Detect DI MM/ P CI Clo ck. The Choices: Enabled (d efaul t) , Disab le d . CPU Hos t/PCI Clock This item allo ws you to sele ct Defau lt o r sel ect a t iming c ombina tion for th [...]

Chapter 2 BIO S Setup 2-30 CPU Cloc k R atio This item allo ws you to sel ect th e CPU Rat io . If unfort unate ly, the system’s frequ ency that you are select ed is not f unctioning , the re ar e tw o methods of booting- up the system. Method 1: Clear the COMS data by s etti ng the JCO MS1 ((2- 3) cl osed)) as “ON” status . All t he CMOS dat[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-1 3. RA ID BIOS Setting ( Optional) 3.1 Getting Started 3.1. 1 Introduc tion RA ID A dm inistrat or is a W i ndows -base d RAID m anagem ent utility for HPT 3 70 Series UDM A/ATA100 RAID Co n tr oller. B y usin g th is R AID management uti li t y, users can easily con figure an d manage the hard di sks conn ected t o th[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-2 3.2 Installation of Driv er 3.2. 1 Introduc tion After the compu t er star t up, you sh al l in stall RAID d ri ver. 3.2. 2 Window s 98 /ME A utomati c Install ation After the comput er start-u p, Win dows system will find th e newly inst alled R AID adapt er and ask you to inst all its driver. Please fo llow th e pro[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-3 Verify Installatio n When the d r i ver h as be en suc cessfu lly ins tal led and th e comp u ter restarted: 1. R ight-cl ick M y Computer icon on desk top, and the n sele ct Property item from the popup menu. 2. S elect Devi ce M anager item fro m the popup window . If there are two de vice it ems under SCS I Cont ro[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-4 3.2.3 Wind ows NT 4.0 Install d riv er u nder Window s N T4.0 1. Click Start --> Se tup --> Control Panel , th en dou ble-cl ick SCSI Adapter ico n. 2. In t he f ollow-on w indow, s elec t Driver item. th en click Add button. 3. In t he f ollow-on w indow, s elec t Have Dis k . 4. Inser t the f l oppy disk of dr[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-5 Verify Installation When the d r i ver h as be en suc cessfu lly ins tal led and th e comp u ter restarted: 1. Click Start --> Se tup --> Control Panel , and then d o uble- cli ck SCSI Adapter ite m. 2. If t here is HPT370 UD MA/ATA 100 R AI D Contro ller item in th e p o p u p windo w, it in d icat es that the [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-6 3.2. 4 Window s 20 00 Ins tall driver unde r Window s 200 0 Automati c Instal lation Start th e co mpu t er an d en ter th e opera tin g system of Windo ws 2 0 0 0 , th e system will automaticall y detect new hard ware and p ro mp t u sers to in st all the driver. P l ease insert th e flo ppy disk of driver an d follo[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-7 restarted , pr ess F6 key w hen th e message Se tup is inspecti ng your computer’s hardw are configurat ion appe ars. 2. Press S key to s pecify addi tiona l devices wh en th e W indo ws 2000 Setup window appear s. 3. In t he f ollow-on w indow of device t y pe, ple ase se lect Other and pr ess Enter to continue. 4.[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-8 Verify Installation When the d r i ver h as be en suc cessfu lly ins tal led and th e comp u ter r estar ted : 1. Right- clic k My C om puter ico n, select Property it em in the popup m enu. 2. In t he popup w indow, se lec t Hardw are item and then click Device M anager button. If there is HPT370 UDMA/A TA100 RAI D C[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-9 3.3 Use RA ID Admin istrator 3.3.1 I nstall RAID A dmin istrator Ple ase take th e fol lowing step s to in s tal l RAID Administrato r: 1. Inser t the ins tall ation C D into the C D -ROM dri ve . 2. Enter W indow s Ex pl orer , find and double-c l ick the set up prog ram file: Setup Progra m : DriverChi psetHpoint[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-10 3.3. 2 Run RAID A dminis trator The f ollowing ste ps s hould be take n to run RAID A dm inistra tor. ”: 1.Clic k Start -- > Program --> RA ID Adm inistra tor -- > RAID Administrator . 2.The n the main interface o f RAID Administrato r will co me up. ( see below). Tool Bar: It pr ovides shor tcut way to ex[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-11 3.3.3 Create S tripe A rray (RA ID 0, for Performance) The foll owing s teps shal l be t aken to create th e strip e array. 1. Click Strip e ic on on the tool bar. 2. Sel ect th e str ipe size in th e foll o w-on window, and th en cli ck Next button. 3. In t he f ollow-on dia log box, s ele ct a hard di sk fr om Avai[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-12 4. Add it int o Stri pe Array M ember Disks column b y clicking the corr esponding arrow button. 5. Continue to s elect the other hard disk from Avail able Di sks column .[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-13 6. Add it int o Stri pe Array M ember Disks column b y clicking the corr esponding arrow button. T he n click Next button. 7. In t he f ollow-on dia log box, c lick Create bu t to n to create stri p e array, or cli ck Cancel b utton to c ancel thi s creatio n. If t he cancel operat ion has been sele cted , the system[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-14 8. Af ter the com pletion of cr e ating stri pe arra y , shut down al l other progra m s. T hen c lick Yes to res tart the co mpu te r, o r sel ect No to restart th e co mpu t er lat er. 9. After you restar t your co mp u ter , pleas e re member to ru n “FD IS K ” i n D OS mode in or der to le t y our com puter f[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-15 Note: 1. At least two hard d isks are n eeded t o create the st ripe arr ay. .Disks can be con n ect ed at any cable and set as eit h er master o r sla ve devi ce. 2. Th e capacit y of the st ripe array is equal to th e prod uct o f the nu mber of t otal ha rd disks and t he sm allest HD capac ity. Sugges tion : 1. W[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-16 3.3.4 C reate Mirror A rray (RA ID 1, fo r Data Protection ) The foll owing s teps shal l be t aken to create th e mirror ar ray: 1. Click Mi rror icon on the tool bar . 2. In t he f ollow-on dia log box, s ele ct a hard di sk fr om Available Di sks colu mn. 3. Then add i t into Source Dis k column or M i rror Di sk [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-17 respect ivel y by clicking the corre sp o n d in g arrow bu tto n . 4. Continue to s elec t the othe r hard dis k f r om Available Disks column . 5. A dd it into Source Disk column or M irror Dis k column resp ectively by[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-18 clicki ng the co rrespo ndin g arrow bu tton . Then click Creat e to begin t he creatio n or Cancel to exit . If you select th e cancel op eration, th e system will re mai n uncha nged. ※ If the u ser wants to use a sp a re di sk, p le ase select Use Spare Disk item. Th en select ha rd di sks from Available Di sks [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-19 6. After t he creat ion is complete, the p rogram wil l pro mpt you to sy nchroniz e m irror, se lect Yes to begin or No to cancel . 7. If you s elect Yes , the synchr onizat ion pr ocess will p roceed as sh own below.[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-20 8. A fter y our selec tion of ei ther , the progra m w ill prom pt you to re star t your comput er. Then you can click Yes to restart the comp uter, or select No to restart t he comp uter l ater. 9. After you restart your com put er, the creatin g m irro r array pro cess will be complet ely finish ed .[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-21 Note: 1. At least th e so u rce disk and th e mirro r d is k are needed in th e cre ati on of the mirro r arra y. T he spar e disk is opt i o n al . Di sks can be con n ec ted at any cable and set as eit h er master o r sla ve devi ce. 2.The capacity of eit her th e mirror disk or the sp are di sk shall be no less th[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-22 3.3.6 S y nchronize/Validate /Verify Mirror A rray Synchron ize Mirro r After the completi on of crea ting mirr or array, t he dat a on th e sou rce di sk has not been copi ed to the m irror disk. The da ta on the sourc e disk and the m irror disk do not ke ep ide nt ical y et. The us er should s ync hroniz e mir r o[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-23 Va lidate Mirror The user can valid a t e th e lo cked mirro r array thro u gh th e fol lowing step s : 1.Ri ght-clic k the l ocked mir ror arra y . 2.In the popup m enu, selec t Validate M i rr or item . Once the m i rror disk is v a lidated, it w ill be im plicit by the program that the data on th e mirror disk is [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-24 3.3.7 Cre ate Span Array Ple ase foll ow the steps bel ow to create the sp an array: 1. Click Span icon on the tool bar. 2. In t he popup window , selec t har d disks f rom Av aila ble Di sk s co lumn. Add the m into Span Array M em ber Disks column by clickin g th e corre sponding arr ow. Th en cl ick Next to conti [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-25 3.3.8 Crea te 0+ 1 A rray (F or Pe rfor man ce & Da ta Protection ) The foll owing s teps shal l be t aken to create th e 0+1 array: 1. Click 0+1 icon on the tool bar. 2. Sel ect th e str i p e siz e. 3. In t he popup dia log box , sel ect the hard disk s to be us ed, a nd add them[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-26 into Source Disks colu mn or M irror Disks co lumn. Then click Cre ate button to cre ate or Cancel bu tton to cancel th e creatio n. I f the us er selects Cancel , the sy s tem w ill re ma in unchang ed. 4. When th e creatio n is complete , the pro gram will ask th e user t o restar t the computer . 5. After you rest[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-27 complet ely finish ed R AID 0+1 arr ay. Note: 1. Fo u r h ard d i sks are need e d in th e cre ati on of the 0 +1 array. 2. In th e creation of the 0+1 array, the source disk will act ually be t he first stripe arra y c omposed of two har d disk s, the mir ror disk w ill actua lly be the sec ond stripe arra y com pos[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-28 3.3.9 Re move Disk Array The foll owing s teps sh all be t aken to remove d isk array. 1. Sel ect th e d isk arr ay to be deleted in the disk tr ee. 2. Click Remove icon on t he tool bar. 3. In t he popup dialog box, s elec t Yes to co nfirm the r emove operat ion, select No to cancel t he remove o peratio n. 4. A ft[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-29 3.3.1 0 Set Tran sfer Mo de The foll owing s teps shal l be t aken to set tran sfer mode o f hard disk: 1. Sel ect th e h ard d isk in the d isk tr ee.” . 2. Click Mod e icon on the tool bar. 3. In t he popup Set Tra nsf er Mod e w indow s ele ct t he m ode to be set. 4. Click OK button t o fini sh or c lick Cancel[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-30 3.3.11 Device Statu s Raid Administrato r detects the st atus o f each device and shows th eir statu s infor ma tion wi th dif f erent ic ons t o prompt users ( see be low ). Note: When readi ng data from the mirro r array, th e so urce disk is always to be read first , an d th e mirro r d isk will no t be accessed i[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-31 3.3. 12 Hot-sw apping Hard Disks of Mirror A rray Durin g th e workin g p ro ces s of the mirror arra y, if there is failu re o f eith er the sour ce di sk or the mirro r d isk and th e spare dis k has n o t b een set, the us er can remove th e failed ha rd di sk whi le th e co mputer is sti ll on an d hot-p lu g in [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-32 3.3. 13 Event Log Event Log w indow w ill be opened by click ing View L og icon on the tool bar . Event lo g wind ow lists all th e h ist orical o p erat ion in for matio n in cl udin g even t, tim e & des cripti on, there by providing refere nce f or sol ving the problems in the operat ion of RA ID A dministr at[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-33 3.4 BIOS Configuration 3.4. 1 Enter int o BIOS Configurati on Utili ty When the fol lo wing infor mation is disp layed o n screen dur ing th e system startin g, press ctrl + H key to enter into BI OS co n figu rati o n utilit y. The main in terface o f BIOS con figu r ation ut ili ty is as below: Menu: It disp la ys [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-34 3.4. 2 Create RAID The foll owing s teps shal l be t aken to create R A ID in BIOS . 1. U se the arrow key to sel ect 1. C reate RA ID . 2. Press Enter to conf irm and go to ne x t . 3. S elect 1 . Arra y M ode in the popup sub-interf ace and pr ess Enter . 4. Sele ct t he i ntended RAI D lev el i n the popup select [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-35 3.4. 3 Delete RAID The f ollow ing steps shall be ta ke n to delet e RA ID. 1. In the menu zon e, select 2. Dele te RAID , press Enter to c onf irm this ope ra tion and go to next . 2. In the validat ed chann el stat us zon e, u se the a rrow key to sel ect the disk arra y to be delet ed and pres s Enter to co n firm[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-36 3.4. 5 A dd Spar e Disk The foll owing s teps shal l be t aken to add the spare disk. 1. In the menu zon e, select 4. Add S pare Disk and p ress Enter to confi rm. 2. In m enu zone of the popup s ub-inter fa ce, s ele ct 1. Select Mi rror Array: None and press Enter to confi rm . 3. In the validat ed chann el stat us[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-37 3.4. 8 Set Boot Dis k . The f ollow ing steps sh a ll be tak en to set the boot dis k: 1. In the menu zon e, select 7. Set Boot Disk item, press Enter to confi rm this opera tion and go t o next . 2. In the validat ed chann el stat us zon e , u se the arr ow key to select the boot devic e and pre ss Enter to conf irm[...]

Chapter 4 Trouble Shooting 4-1 4. Tr ouble Shoo ting PROBLEM No power in puts to the system at all. Po wer light does n ot ill uminate, fan inside powe r suppl y doe s not t urn on. I ndicator l ight on key board does not turn on. PRO BABLE CA USE DIAG NOS I S SOLUTI O N Pow er cable is unplugged. Visually inspect pow er cable. Make sure pow er cab[...]

Chapter 4 Trouble Shooting 4-2 PROBLEM Sys tem does not boot f rom ha rd disk drive , can be boote d f rom CD-R OM drive . PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SO LUTION Connector betwe en hard driv e and syst em board unplugged. W hen attempti ng to run the FDISK utility yo u get a message, IN VALID DRIVE SPECIFICAT ION. Check cable running from disk t o di[...]

Chapter 4 Trouble Shooting 4-3 PROBLEM Erro r message read ing “SEC TOR NOT FO UND” or o ther error messages n ot allowin g cert ain d ata to b e retr ieved . PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SO LUTION A number of causes could be behind this. Use a f ile-by-f ile backup instead of an image backup to backup the hard disk. Back up any salvageabl e data[...]

Chapter 4 Trouble Shooting 4-4 PROBLEM PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SO LUTION M emory probl em. Reboo t computer. Reinstall memory, make sure that all memory modules are i nstalled i n correct socke ts. Computer v irus. Use anti-vir us progr ams to detect and clean virus es. PROBLEM Screen goes bla nk per iodic ally. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SO LUT[...]

Chapter 4 Trouble Shooting 4-5 PROBLEM No displa y on scr ee n. PROBA BL E CA USE DIAGNOSIS S OLUT ION Faulty Monit or. If possible, connect monitor to another system. If no color replace monitor. CM OS incor r ectly set up. Call technical support. PROBLEM C: dri ve failur e. PROBA BL E CA USE DIAGNOSIS S OLUT ION Hard driv e cable not connected pr[...]

Chapter 4 Trouble Shooting 4-6 PROBLEM Miss ing opera t ing sy stem on har d drive . PROBA BL E CA USE DIAGNOSIS S OLUT ION CM O S setup has been changed. Run setup and select correct drive type. PROBLEM Certa in ke y s do not func tion. PROBA BL E CA USE DIAGNOSIS S OLUT ION Keys j ammed or defective. Replace keyboard. PROBLEM Key boar d is l ocke[...]

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