Foxconn Inferno Katana manual

Inferno Katana Series Motherboard User ’ s Manual[...]

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Declaration of conformity HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMP ANY L TD 66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT , T AIPEI HSIEN, T AIW AN, R.O.C. declares that the product Motherboard Inferno Katana/Inferno Katana GTI is in conformity with (reference to the specication under which conformity is declared in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Dir[...]

Declaration of conformity T rade Name: FOXCONN Model Name: Inferno Katana/Inferno Katana GTI Responsible Party: PCE Industry Inc. Address: 458 E. Lambert Rd. Fullerton, CA 92835 T elephone: 714-738-8868 Facsimile: 714-738-8838 Equipment Classication: FCC Class B Subassembly T ype of Product: Motherboard Manufacturer: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY C[...]

Installation Precautions Please carefully read the following procedures to install your computer : ■ It is suggested to select high-quality , certied fans in order to avoid damage to the motherboard and CPU due to high temperature. Never turn on the computer if the CPU fan is not properly installed. ■ We cannot guarantee that your system can[...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Product Introduction Product Specications .............................................................................. 2 Layout....................................................................................................... 4 Back Panel Connectors .............................................................[...]

Online Update .................................................................................. 63 Congure ......................................................................................... 66 About & Help .................................................................................... 68 FOX LOGO ................................[...]

Thank you for buying Foxconn Inferno Katana Series motherboard. Foxconn products are engineered to maximize computing power , providing only what you need for break-through performance. With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity feature s for toda y multi-m edia compu ting requ irements, Inferno Katana/Inferno Katana GTI enab[...]

1 2 1-1 Product Specications CPU Support LGA 1 156 socket Intel ® CPU: Intel ® Core™ i7/ i5 processors Chipset Intel ® P55 chipset Memory 4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets Support up to 16GB of system memory Support th re e ch an ne l DD R3 1 80 0( oc *) /1 60 0( oc *) /1 33 3/ 10 66 MH z ar ch it ec tu re ( oc*: Overclocking) Audio Realtek 8-c[...]

1 3 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF out port 8 x USB 2.0 ports 8-channel Audio Ports Hardware Monitor System voltage detection CPU/System temperature detection CPU/System fan speed detection CPU/System overheating shutdown CPU/System fan speed control PCI Express x1 Support 250MB/s (500MB/s concurrent) bandwidth Low power consumption and power management featur[...]

1 4 1-2 Layout Note : The above motherboard layout is for reference only , please refer to the physical motherboard for detail. 1. 8-pin A TX 12V Power Connector 2. S/PDIF Out 2 Connector 3. F AN4 Header 4. F AN5 Header 5. PCI Express x1 Slots 6. PCI Express x16 Slots 7. PCI Slot 8. CD_IN Connector 9. Front Audio Connector 10. S/PDIF Out 3 Connecto[...]

1 5 1-3 Back Panel Connectors 1. PS/2 Keyboard Port Use the upper port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard. 2. USB Ports The USB port supports the USB 2.0/1.1 specication. Use this port for USB devices such as an USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer , USB ash drive and etc. 3. Clear CMOS Button T urn off the AC power supply , push the CLS_CMOS but[...]

1 6 8. RJ-45 LAN Port The Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at up to 10/100/1000Mb/s data rate. 9 . Audio Ports For the denition of each audio port, please refer to the table below : Port 2-channel 4-channel 5.1-channel 7.1-channel Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker [...]

This chapter introduces the hardware installation process, including the installation of the CPU, memory , power supply , slots, pin headers and the mounting of jumpers. Caution should be exercised during the installation of these modules. Please refer to the motherboard layout prior to any installation and read the contents in this chapter careful[...]

8 2 8 2-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler Install the CPU Locate the alignment keys on the motherboard CPU socket and the notches on the CPU. Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the CPU: ■ Make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU. ■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply before i[...]

9 2 9 Follow the steps to install the CPU onto the CPU socket : 2. Lift the metal cover on the CPU socket. 3. Remove protective socket cover . 5. W h e n CP U i s p ro p er l y se a t ed , replace the metal cover and push the CPU socket lever back to its locked position. 4. Check pin one marking (triangle) with the pin one corner of the CPU socket,[...]

10 2 10 Install the CPU Cooler Follow the steps below to correctly install the CPU cooler on the motherboard. 1. Apply and spread an even thermal grease on the surface of CPU. 2. Place the four bolts of the CPU co oler to the ho les o f the mo the rbo ard, pus h them strai ght down from the top, and the bolts will be fastened on the motherboard. Th[...]

1 1 2 1 1 2-2 Install the Memory Dual Channel Memory Conguration This motherboard provides four DDR3 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel T echnology . When memory is installed, the BIOS will automatically check the memory in your system. Four DDR3 memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory sockets as follow[...]

12 2 12 Installing a Memory If you take a look at fron t side of mem ory mod ule, it has asymm etric pin cou nts on both sides sep arate d by a notch in the middle, so it can only t in one direction. Follow the steps below to correctly install your memory modules into the sockets. Step 1: Spread the clips at both ends of the memory socket. Place[...]

13 2 13 2-3 Install an Expansion Card Follow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Locate an expansion slot that supports your card. Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis back panel. 2. Align the card with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in the slot. 3. Make sure the [...]

14 2 14 2-4 Install other Internal Connectors Power Connectors This motherboard uses an A TX power supply . In order not to damage any device, make sure all the devices have been installed properly before applying the power supply . 24-pin A TX Power Connector: PWR2 PWR2 is the A TX power supply connector. Make sure that the power supply cable and [...]

15 2 15 USB Connectors: F_USB1/2/3 In addition to the eight USB ports on the rear panel, this product also provides three 10-pin USB head- ers on its motherboard. By connecting through USB cables with them, user can quickly expand another six USB ports on the front panel. Serial A T A Connectors: SA T A_1/2/3/4/5/6 The Serial A T A connector is use[...]

16 2 16 Front Panel Connector: FP1 This motherboard includes one connector for connecting the front panel switch and LED Indicators. Hard Disk LED Connector (HDD-LED) Connect to the chassis front panel IDE indicator LED. It indicates the active status of the hard disks. This 2-pin connector is directional with +/- sign. Reset Switch (RESET -SW) Att[...]

17 2 17 Audio Connector: CD_IN CD_IN is a Sony standard audio connector , it can be connected to a C D/DVD-ROM drive through a CD/DV D audio cable. Audio Connector: F_AUDIO The audi o connect or support s HD Audio sta ndard. It provides the Front Audio output choice. 1 39 4a C on n ec to r: F _ 13 94 ( On l y fo r In f er no K at a na ) The 1394a e[...]

18 2 18 2-5 Jumpers For some featur es needed, user s can chang e the jumper sett ings on this moth erboard to modify them. This section explains how to use the various functions of this motherboard by changing the jumper settings. Users should read the following content carefully prior to modifying any jumper setting. Description of Jumpers 1. For[...]

19 2 19 ■ Make sure the power supply is turned off before pressing the CLS_CMOS button to clear CMOS. ■ Push down the CLS_CMOS button and hold it there for a couple of seconds to clear the CMOS completely , then release. C A U T I O N ! 2-6 OnBoard Button Power on Button: PWR_ON Push the power on button to power on the system. Reset Button: RST[...]

20 2 20 2-8 OnBoard LED Core Nerve (Only for Inferno Katana): There are ten LEDs under the “Quantum Force” light. Their ashing frequency is following the power loading. The power loading is heavier , the leds ash faster . User can check the loading in time through this light. Fuzzy Equalizer (Only for Inferno Katana): Fuzzy Equalizer can [...]

21 2 21 5.8. On power sequence, when Vdimm is ready . 5.9. On power sequence, but 1.05V PCH cannot ready . 5.A. On power sequence, when 1.05V PCH is ready . 5.B. On power sequence, but 1.1V VTT cannot ready . 5.D. On power sequence, when 1.1V VTT is ready . 5.F . On power sequence, but A TXPWROK cannot ready . 6.0. On power sequence, when A TXPWROK[...]

22 2 22 D6 Both key sequence and OEM specic method is checked to determine if BIOS recovery is forced. If BIOS recovery is necessary , control ows to checkpoint E0. See Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints section of document for more information. D7 Restore CPUID value back into register . The Bootblock-Runtime interface module is moved to sy[...]

23 2 23 FB Make ash write enabled through chipset and OEM specic method. Detect proper ash part. V erify that the found ash part size equals the recovery le size. F4 The recovery le size does not equal the found ash part size. FC Erase the ash part. FD Program the ash part. FF The ash has been updated successfully . Ma[...]

24 2 24 0E T esting and initialization of different Input Devices. Also, update the Kernel V ariables. T raps the INT09h vector, so that the POST INT09h handler gets control for IRQ1. Uncompress all available language, BIOS logo, and Silent logo modules. 13 Early POST initialization of chipset registers. 20 Relocate System Management Interrupt vect[...]

25 2 25 87 Execute BIOS setup if needed / requested. Check boot password if installed. 8C Late POST initialization of chipset registers. 8D Build ACPI tables (if ACPI is supported) 8E Program the peripheral parameters. Enable/Disable NMI as selected 90 Initialization of system management interrupt by invoking all handlers. Please note this checkpoi[...]

This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. Y ou have to run the Setup Program when the following cases occur : 1. An error message appears on the screen during the system Power On Self T est (POST) process. 2. Y ou want to change the default CMOS set[...]

3 27 Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance. Power on the computer , when the message "Press T ab to show POST screen, DEL to enter SETUP" appears at the bottom of the screen, you can press <DEL> [...]

3 28 ► Power Management Setup All the items related with Green function features can be setup through this menu. ► PC Health Status This setup enables you to read/change fan speeds, and displays temperatures and voltages of your CPU/System. ► Quantum BIOS Some special proprietary features (such as overclocking) can be set up through this menu[...]

3 29 System Information This sub-menu is used to set up the standard BIOS features, such as the date, time, memory and so on. Use the arrow up/down keys to select an item, then use the <+> or <-> keys to change the setting. System Overview ► System Time This item allows you to congure the desired time. Use [ENTER], [T AB] or [SHIFT[...]

3 30 System Memory ► System Memory Size This item displays the current memory size. The size is depending on how many memory mod- ules were installed in your system before powering on. ► OnBoard LAN MAC Address This item shows the onboard LAN MAC address.[...]

3 31 Advanced BIOS Features ► IDE Conguration/ACHI Conguration/MPS Conguration Press <Enter> to go to relative submenu. IDE Conguration ► Configure SA T A as This item is used to set the operation mode of your SA T A ports 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Setting values are: [IDE]; [RAID]; [AHCI]; [Disabled]. [IDE] - This congures the SA [...]

3 32 AHCI provides more advanced features including SA T A features, but some SA T A drives may not support AHCI, unless they are labeled with AHCI support in its specication. If your motherboard supporting AHCI, and you have a SA T A device, which also supports AHCI, then you can select IDE option to have fair performance (only P A T A, SA T A [...]

3 33 AHCI Conguration AHCI Settings ► AHCI BIOS Support The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specication describes the register level interface for a Host Controller for Serial A T A. The specication includes a description of the hardware/software interface between system software and the host controller hardware. AHCI provides [...]

3 34 MPS Conguration ► MPS Revision This feature is only applicable to multiprocessor motherboards as it species the version of the MPS that the motherboard will use. The MPS is a specication by which PC manufactur - ers design and build CPU architecture systems with two or more processors. MPS 1.1 was the original specication. MPS ve[...]

3 35 Advanced Chipset Features ► North Bridge Conguration/ South Bridge Conguration/OnBoard Device Conguration/ USB Conguration Press <Enter> to go to relative submenu. North Bridge Conguration North Bridge Chipset Conguration ► Memory Hole This item is us ed to enable /disab le mem ory ho le. The se tting values are: [D[...]

3 36 South Bridge Conguration South Bridge Chipset Conguration ► SMBUS Controller The System Management Bus is a specic implementation of an I2C bus. The SMBus speci - cation describes the data protocols, device addresses, and electrical requirements that are superimposed on the I2C bus specication. The SMBus is used to physically [...]

3 37 OnBoard Device Conguration ► HDA Controller This item is used to enable or disable the HD Audio controller . ► VIA 6308S 1394 Device This item is used to enable or disable the VIA 6308S 1394 device. ► Realtek 81 1 1D LAN Device This item is used to enable or disable the Realtek 81 1 1D LAN device. ► Realtek 81 1 1D LAN BootROM This [...]

3 38 USB Conguration USB Conguration ► USB Functions This item is used to enable or disable USB function. ► Legacy USB Support This item is used to enable the support for USB devices on legacy OS. If you have a USB keyboard or mouse, set to auto or enabled. ► USB 2.0 Controller Mode This item is used to set the transmission rate mode of[...]

3 39 Boot Conguration Features ► Boot Settings Conguration Press <Enter> to go to relative submenu. ► Boot Device Priority This item is used to specify the boot device priority sequence. ► Network Drives This option is used to specify the boot device priority sequence from available Network Drives. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ([...]

3 40 Boot Settings Conguration ► Quick Boot While Enabled, this option allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting, this will shorten the time needed to boot the system. ► Quiet Boot This item is used to enable/disable the quiet boot. [Disabled] : Displays the normal POST messages. [Enabled] : Displays OEM customer logo instead of POST m[...]

3 41 Power Management Setup ACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard interfaces enabling OS-directed conguration, power management, and thermal management of mobile, desktop, and server platforms. It denes ve sleeping states, they are : S1 - The S1 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state. [...]

3 42 computer before it entering STR will be saved in memory , and the computer can quickly return to previous state when the STR function wakes. When you select “Auto”, it means OS will automatically take care and assign which mode is the most suitable now . ► Repost Video on S3 Resume This item determines whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on [...]

3 43 PC Health Status PC Health Status ► CPU Fan Ctrl T ype, System Fan1/Memory Fan2/PWM Fan4 Ctrl T ype These items are used to select the fan control type and available settings are: [Smart Fan T ype], [Full Speed T ype], [By Duty Cycle T ype]. When they are set to [By Duty Cycle T ype], the following items will appear: ► CPU VCore V oltage/C[...]

3 44 Quantum BIOS ► CPU Conguration / Memory Timing Cong / ALL V oltage Control / OC Gear Press <Enter> to go to relative submenu. ******* Clockspeed Control Center ******* ► CPU Bclock(FSB) This item is used to set the ratio between CPU Core Clock and the FSB Frequency . Y ou can modify the value by pressing <+>/<-> key[...]

3 45 CPU Conguration ► Hardware Prefetcher The processor has a hardware prefetcher that automatically analyzes its requirements and prefetches data and instructions from the memory into the Level 2 cache that are likely to be required in the near future. This reduces the latency associated with memory reads. When enabled, the processor ’s ha[...]

3 46 Different processors support dif ferent numbers of C-states in which various parts of the CPU are turned off. This item is used to enable or disable C-State. ► C State package limit setting The select ed op tion w ill be enter ed int o C St ate p ackage limit regis ter . The defau lt va lue is : [Aut o]. ► C3 State When Intel ® C-State te[...]

3 47 Memory Timing Cong ► Memory Remap Feature This item is used to enable/disable memory remapping around memory hole. PCI doesn't actually care much which addresses are used, but by convention the PC platform puts them at the top of the 32-bit address space. For many years it wasn't possible or practical to put that much RAM into a[...]

3 48 ALL V oltage Control ► CPU VCore Mode Th is ite m i s u sed to se lec t t he vol tage mo de for CP U V Cor e. Def aul t V al ue is: [Dy nam ic Mod e]. In fa ct, dy nam ic mod e m ean s E IST Mo de is ena ble d a nd the vo lta ge is xe d. ► CPU T arget Core V oltage This item shows the CPU target core voltage. ► CPU VTT (UnCore) V olta[...]

3 49 C-Addr (Command-address) reference voltage is reference DRAM voltage, the actual refer- ence voltage will be DRAM voltage multiply this item value. The default value is: [0.80V]. ► DIMM3,4 V ref C-Addr CA (Command-address) and DQ (Data line) reference voltage is reference DRAM voltage, the actual reference voltage will be DRAM voltage multip[...]

3 50 OC Gear *************CMOS Backup************** ► Backup Slot We have more spaces in CMOS to allow you to store up to 8 sets of BIOS conguration data. Y ou can change any setting of BIOS, including the overclocking information, and save the whole BIOS settings to one of eight storage slot area. Later , you can retrieve BIOS settings by res[...]

3 51 BIOS Security Features ► Change Supervisor Password This item is used to install or change supervisor password. After you input Supervisor password, it then will ask you to input user password optionally . ► Change User Password This item is used to install or change user password. ► Boot Sector Virus Protection This item is used to enab[...]

3 52 Load Optimal Defaults Optimal defaults are the best settings of this motherboard. Always load the Optimal defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS values. Select this option and press Enter , it will pop out a dialogue box to let you load the defaults. Select <OK> and then press <Enter> to load the defaults. Sele[...]

The utility CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the motherboard features. This chapter includes the following information: ■ Utility CD Introduction ■ Aegis Panel ■ FOX LiveUpdate ■ FOX LOGO ■ FOX DMI Note : Because each module is independent, so the section number will be re[...]

54 4 54 Utility CD introduction This mothe rboard comes with one Ut ility CD. To begin with, sim ply in sert t he CD i nto yo ur CD drive. The CD will automatically run and display the main menu on the screen. 1. Driver Select " Driver ", then use these options to install all the necessary drivers for your motherboard. Y ou must click &qu[...]

55 4 55 Realtek HDA Audio Driver Use it to install Realtek Audio driver . Realtek 81 1X LAN Driver Use it to install Realtek LAN driver . Intel RAID Driver Installing this driver needs "SA T A Mode" in BIOS to be set to [AHCI] or [RAID]. This restriction forces us to nd out another way to install this driver . Please go to " 5-5 E[...]

56 4 56 Adobe Acrobat Reader Installs Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader that is used for viewing and printing the PDF document. Norton Internet Security Installs Norton ® Internet Security to protect your PC from being affected by viruses. 3. Foxconn WebSite Click it to visit Foxconn’s website. 4. Browse CD Click it to browse the CD content.[...]

57 4 57 AEGIS P ANEL Aegis Panel, is a Windows innovation tool which provides settings of OC gear , overclocking, fan control and alarm function. It also displays system monitoring information such as fan speed, temperature, voltage and CPU clock etc.. The powerful features are: HW Monitor(Hardware Monitor Information) Overclocking OC Gear (Optiona[...]

58 4 58 2. HW Monitor Click on "HW Monitor" icon , its panel appears. By moving the mouse on the voltage icon, it will display voltage information. Move the mouse on fan or temperature icon will show relative information accordingly . 2.1 HW Monitor - V oltage Click on voltage icon to get into the voltage setting menu. It allows you to se[...]

59 4 59 2.2 HW Monitor - Fan Move the mouse on the fan icon , its menu appears. Click on the fan icon to get into the fan setting menu. It allows you to set the low/high limits of the CPU, NB and System fan speeds, and to enable the alert function. If the current fan value is lower than the low limit or higher than the high limit, then a buzzer sou[...]

60 4 60 3. Overclocking Click "Overclocking" icon to enter the overclok setting menu. It allows you to adjust CPU clock, and to change the voltages of CPU, chipset and memory . After you set the values, click [Apply] button to apply it. 4. Conguration Click "Conguration" icon to congure Aegis function. Y ou can enable o[...]

61 4 61 FOX LiveUpdate FOX LiveUpdate is a useful utility to backup and update your system BIOS, drivers and utilities by local or online. Supporting Operating Systems : ■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit) ■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Using FOX LiveUpdate : 1. Local Update 1-1 Local Update - BIOS Information This page lets you know your sys[...]

62 4 62 1-2 Local Update - Backup This page can backup your system BIOS. Y ou can click “Backup”, and key in a le name, then click “Save” to nish the backup operation. The extension of this backup le is ".BIN" for Award BIOS and ".ROM" for AMI BIOS. Default directory is "C:DesktopMy Documents" in Win[...]

63 4 63 2. Online Update 2-1 Online Update - Update BIOS This page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new BIOS from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation. 2-2 Online Update - Update Driver This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click “start”, it [...]

64 4 64 2-3 Online Update - Update Utility This page lets you update utilities from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new utilities from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation. Browse detailed information Install the selected driver Close the window Select the driver to update Click here Current information S[...]

65 4 65 2-4 Online Update - Update All This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click “start”, it will search all new BIOS/drivers/utilities from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation. Click here Current information Search all new BIOS/ drivers/utilities from Internet Browse detailed BIOS informati[...]

66 4 66 3. Congure 3-1 Congure - option This page lets you set auto search options. After you enable the auto search function, FOX LiveUpdate will start its searching from Internet and if any qualied item found, it will pop out a message on the task bar to inform you to do the next step. Double click on the icon as show below , you can see[...]

67 4 67 When you enable "Auto Search FOX LiveUpdate", if your FOX LiveUpdate version is older , it will auto search from internet and prompt you to install the new version. 3-2 Congure - System This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the FOX LiveUpdate utility . Click here Set the location of downlo[...]

68 4 68 3-3 Congure - Advance This page lets you select to ash BIOS / Boot Block and clear CMOS. If you choose Flash Boot Block, it means BIOS is not protective, and you must make sure the ash process is continuous and without any interruption. 4. About & Help This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate. Click here Select whi[...]

69 4 69 FOX LOGO FOX LOGO is a simple and useful utility to backup, change and delete the boot time Logo. The boot Logo is the image that appears on screen during POST (Power-On Self-T est). Y ou can prepare a JPG image (640x480) le, then use FOX LOGO to open it and change the boot time Logo. Boot time Logo will be displayed if you enable the BI[...]

70 4 70 FOX DMI FOX DMI is a full Desktop Management Interface viewer , and it provides three DMI data formats: Report, Data Fields and Memory Dump. With DMI information, system maker can easily analyze and troubleshoot your motherboard if there is any problem occurred. Supporting Operating Systems : ■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit) ■ Windows V[...]

This chapter will cover two topics : ■ Installing a new Windows XP (V ista) in a brand new RAID system. ■ Existing Windows XP (V ista) system with new RAID built as data storage. It includes the following information : ■ RAID Conguration Introduction ■ Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager ■ Create a RAID Driver Diskette ■ BIOS Congurat[...]

5 72 Installing a new Windows XP (Vista) in a brand new RAID system. 1. Follow 5-1 to create a RAID driver diskette. (Windows Vista has in-box driver by its own and can skip this step). 2. Follow 5-2 to set BIOS setting "SA T A Mode" to RAID or AHCI. 3. Follow 5-3 to create RAID in BIOS. 4. Follow 5-4 to Install Windows Operating System. [...]

5 73 RAID Conguration Introduction RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method for computer data storage schemes that divide and/or replicate data among multiple hard drives. RAID can be designed to provide increased data reliability (fault tolerance) or increased I/O (input/output) performance, or both. The motherboard comes with th[...]

5 74 RAID 0 (Stripe) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved among 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 128KB. RAID 0 does not support fault t[...]

5 75 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager The Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager technology supports RAID 0 ,RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 (0+1) functions. It allows you to get high performance with fault tolerance, big capacity , or data safety provided by different RAID functions. In this section, we will use four SA T A hard disks as an example to guide y[...]

5 76 1. Find a PC, put a diskette into its oppy drive A:, this diskette will be formatted later . Put the driver CD into DVD-ROM drive. 2. Depending on which platform your system is, normally , it is a 32-bit XP system. Use Windows explorer , and go to CD:Driver IntelRAIDFloppy32bit , click on Raid- T ool icon to start the creation. 3. Clic[...]

5 77 9. Check if the diskette contains the driver les. Later , when in the process of installing Windows XP in your RAID system, it will ask you to use this oppy diskette to provide driver for additional specic devices, for example, a RAID device. 10. Install Serial A T A Hard Disks : 10-1. Shut down your computer . 10-2. Install SA T A ha[...]

5 78 5-2 BIOS Conguration 1. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing <DEL> key during the POST(Power On Self T est). 2. Select the “Advanced BIOS Featu res” from the “Main menu”, then select the “ IDE Conguration ” item and press <Enter> to go to the conguration items. 3. Select and Set the “Congure SA T A as” optio[...]

5 79 Create RAID V olume Create RAID 0 (1st V olume) 1. Select “ 1. Create RAID V olume ” from the menu and press <Enter>. The menu appears : 2. In " Name " item, you can input a device name for the RAID0 system and press <Enter> to apply it. Here, we name it as T ryRAID0 to replace the default Volume0. 3. In “ RAID Leve[...]

5 80 4. It then goes to “ Disks ” item. Press <Enter> to display the hard disks list for this RAID0 system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down arrow key to reach the hard disks you want to combine them as RAID0, then press <Space> key to select them. A triangle sign will appear to indicate the drive selected. Here, we selec[...]

5 81 6. It is now entering “ Strip Size ” menu. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the desired strip size. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should be selected based on different applications. Some suggested choices are : 16K - Best for sequential transfer . 64K - Good general purpose strip size. 128K - Best performa[...]

5 82 8. In “ Create V olume ” item, press <Enter>. A warning message will appear : 9. Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main menu, a 298GB RAID0 system is normally congured. W ARNING: ALL DA T A ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST . Are you sure you want to create this volume ? (Y/N) : Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager op[...]

5 83 Create RAID0 (2nd V olume) 1. Select “ 1. Create RAID V olume ” from the menu and press <Enter>. The menu appears : 2. In " Name " item, we name it as T ryRAID0-1 for second volume. 3. In “ RAID Level ” item, you can use Up or Down arrow key to make a selection, only RAID0, 1 can be selected. Select RAID0 (Stripe) and p[...]

5 84 4. It then goes to “ Disks ” item. Press <Enter> to display the hard disks list for this RAID0 second volume system. 5. From the hard disk list, select the previously congured RAID0 hard disks, and press <Space> key to select them. Trian gle signs will appear to indicate the selections. Press <Enter> to continue. Creat[...]

5 85 6. It goes to “ Strip Size ” menu directly . Capacity automatically displays 512.2GB, and at this time, you can not input any value in capacity as there is no additional volume available. The available values of Strip Size range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should be selected based on different applications. Some suggested choices ar[...]

5 86 A message will appear : Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main menu. T wo RAID0 volumes were congured. Are you sure you want to create this volume ? (Y/N) : Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.101 1 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved. 1. Create RAID V olume 3. Reset Dis[...]

5 87 Create RAID 1 1. Select “ 1.Create RAID V olume ” from the main menu and press <Enter>. 2. In " Name " item, you can input a device name for the RAID1 system and press <Enter> to apply it. Here, we name it as T ryRAID1 to replace the default Volume0. 3. In “ RAID Level ” item, you can use Up or Down arrow key to m[...]

5 88 4. It then goes to “ Disks ” item. Press <Enter> to dispaly the hard disks list for this RAID1 system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down arrow key to reach the hard disks you want to combine them as RAID1, then press <Space> key to select them. A triangle sign will appear to indicate the drive selection. Here, we sele[...]

5 89 6. It will skip “ Strip Size ” menu for RAID1. 7. In “ Capacity ” item, use the default value, and press <Enter>. The size of the smaller hard disk 139.7GB is becoming the default value, and it indicates the maximum capacity . 8. Select “ Create V olume ” and press <Enter>. A warning message will appear: Press <Y>[...]

5 90 Create RAID 10 (0+1) 1. Select “ 1.Create RAID V olume ” from the main menu and press <Enter>. 2. In " Name " item, you can input a device name for the RAID10 system and press <Enter> to apply it. Here, we name it as T ryRAID10 to replace the default Volume0. 3. In “ RAID Level ” item, you can use Up or Down arrow[...]

5 91 4. After exiting from " RAID Level ", it goes directly to " Stripe Size " item. Because all four disks are selected for RAID10, so there is no need to go to Disks option. 5. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the desired strip size when entering “ Strip Size ” menu. The default value is 64K. 6. In “ Capacity ” item,[...]

5 92 Create RAID5 (Parity) 1. Select “ 1.Create RAID V olume ” from the main menu and press <Enter>. 2. In " Name " item, you can input a device name for the RAID5 system and press <Enter> to apply it. Here, we name it as T ryRAID5 to replace the default Volume0. 3. In “ RAID Level ” item, you can use Up or Down arrow [...]

5 93 4. It then goes to “ Disks ” item. Press <Enter> to display the hard disks list for this RAID5 system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down arrow key to reach the hard disks you want to combine them as RAID5, then press <Space> key to select them. A triangle sign will appear to indicate the drive selection. Here, we sele[...]

5 94 6. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the desired strip size when entering “ Strip Size ” menu. The default value is 64K. Press <Enter>. 7. In “ Capacity ” item, use the default value, and press <Enter>. The default value is twice that of the smallest hard disk size, that is, 74.5GB * 2 = 149GB. 8. Select “ Create V olume[...]

5 95 Create Recovery 1. Select “ 1.Create RAID V olume ” from the main menu and press <Enter>. 2. In " Name " item, you can input a device name for the Recovery system and press <Enter> to apply it. Here, we name it as T ryRecovery to replace th e default V olume0. 3. In “ RAID Level ” item, you can use Up or Down arro[...]

5 96 4. It then goes to “ Disks ” item. Press <Enter> to display the hard disks list for this Recovery system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down arrow key to reach the hard disks you want to combine them as Recovery , then press <T ab> key to select Master disk and press <Space> key to select Recovery disk. Here, we [...]

5 97 6. It will skip “Strip size” and “Capacity” items. The default “ Capacity ” value is the smaller hard disk size, that is 74.5GB. In “Sync” item, we suggest you select the “Continuous” value and press <Enter>. 7. Select “ Create V olume ” and press <Enter>. A warning message will appear : Press <Y> to c[...]

5 98 Delete RAID V olume 1. T ake TryRAID5 for example. Select “ 2. Delete RAID V olume ” in main menu and press <Enter>. 2. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the RAID set you want to delete. Here only one RAID5 is seen, so press <DEL> key to continue. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.101 1 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C[...]

5 99 3. After <DEL> key is pressed, the screen appears as below: Press <Y> key to conrm the volume deletion. 4. Return to Main Menu. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.101 1 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved. Name Level Drives Capacity Status Bootable T ryRAID0 ID0(Stripe) 2 465.8G[...]

5 100 Reset Disks to Non-RAID Reset RAID volume allows you to replace a failed disk with a new one, and the operating system will rebuild the data later . For RAID0, reset a hard disk would totally crash the system, but for RAID1, RAID10 and RAID5, they all can be rebuilt. When rebuild is needed, you must rst install a new hard disk in your syst[...]

5 101 3. Select Maxtor hard disk as the one to be reset. Press <Enter>. A double conrmation message pops out, press <Y> to conrm. 4. It goes back to Main menu with a "Failed" status of RAID0 volume. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.101 1 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation All Rights Rese[...]

5 102 Example 2. Reset a RAID5 system 1. A T ryRAID5 volume was built with three hard disks, we want to reset one of them. Select “ 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID ” in main menu and press <Enter>. 2. A warning message is displayed. 3. Select " Port 3 - WDC WD800AAJS-00 " hard disk as the one to be reset. Press <Enter>. A doubl[...]

5 103 4. A " DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED " screen pops out asking you to select a new hard disk for rebuilding. Here, we select WDC 232.9GB. Press <Enter> to select it. 5. It goes back to Main menu with a "Rebuild" status of RAID5 volume. Eventually , a replacement hard disk has to join in and it always keeps three hard disks[...]

5 104 Exit RAID BIOS 1. T ake TryRAID5 as an example, select “ 5. Exit ” in main menu and press <Enter>. The screen displays : 2. Press <Y> to exit Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager program. The system will reboot. 3. Shut down the computer , remove the Non-RAID disk, and we will continue for Windows OS installation. If you do not rem[...]

5 105 5-4 Install a New Windows XP 1. Press <DEL> to enter BIOS Setup during POST . 2. Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive. 3. Set the “1st Boot Device” to “CD/DVD ROM”, save changes and exit the BIOS setup. 4. The computer will reboot, and it will start installing Windows Operating System. W atch the screen care[...]

5 106 5. After some les are copied to your system, the following picture appears, press <S> to continue the specic driver installation. 6. It will ask you to insert the RAID driver diskette into you oppy drive. Press <Enter> after it is done. Windows Setup Please insert the disk labeled manufacturer-supplied hardware support di[...]

5 107 7. Depending on South Bridge chip of your system, select appropriate driver for it. Here, we choose Intel ® ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/D0/PCH SA T A RAID Controller . Press <Enter> to select it. 8. A conrmation message pops out to double check if the driver is really what we wanted. Press <Enter> to continue. Windows Setup Setup will [...]

5 108 9. Windows will display the partition of your system, you have to create partitions as many as you wish, assign them C:, D: or E: drive names. After partitions were done, you can press <Enter> to continue. It will ask you to format your hard disk, then copy les...etc., until the whole Windows is setup. 10. Y ou must always keep RAID [...]

5 109 5-5 Existing Windows XP with RAID built as data storage When you already have a Windows XP system running at a traditional IDE hard disk, and you want to keep it unchanged, but you also want to expand the system with some SA T A hard disks, to come out a new RAID system for data storage. In this case, you need to install the Intel ® Matrix S[...]

5 1 10 2. Copy section 5-2, BIOS Conguration. Shut down the computer , connect SA T A hard disks to SA T A ports, power on computer again. Press <Del> key , get into BIOS, set "SA T A Mode" to [RAID], press <F10> to save and exit BIOS. PC will reboot. 3. Copy section 5-3, Create RAID in BIOS. Press <CTRL><I> sim[...]

5 1 1 1 5. Use Explorer to get into the Intel ® driver directory which was previously copied to the desktop. 6. Click on Setup.exe to install Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager .[...]

5 1 12 7. Install complete. 8. In Windows Explorer , right click on My Computer , click on Manage, then click on Disk Management to format these new RAID disks. Follow the Wizard to nish the job.[...]

Appendix 1 13 A TI ® CrossFireX TM T echnology Introduction A TI ® CrossFireX TM technology takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express TM bus architecture, and features intelligent hardware and software solutions to deliver earth-shattering PC performance in a multi A TI ® GPU solution. It allows up to four identical PCI Expre[...]

Appendix 1 14 6. Power on your computer and get into OS (Windows ® XP 32-bit with SP2 or Windows ® XP Professional 64-bit Edition). 7. Install Microsoft’s .NET Framework V ersion 1.1. Without it, the A TI Catalyst TM Control Center can not launch properly . 8. Install the A TI graphics card drivers and restart your computer . Then you will n[...]

Appendix 1 15 NVIDIA ® SLI TM T echnology 1. Introduction NVIDIA ® SLI TM (Scalable Link Interface) technology takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express TM bus architecture, and features intelligent hardware and software solutions to deliver earth-shattering PC performance in a multi NVIDIA ® GPU solution. 2. Graphics card co[...]

Appendix 1 16 3. Connect power extension cable from the power supply to the graphics card power connector separately . 4. Connect a monitor DVI-I cable to the graphics card. 2-2 Installing the graphics cards drivers 1. Power on your computer and boot into Operating System. 2. Install the NVIDIA graphics card drivers and restart your computer . 2-3 [...]

Appendix 1 17 Click "Advanced Settings" from the dialog box. Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab, then click "Start the NVIDIA Control Panel". 2. When using two graphics cards: Select “Set SLI Conguration”, then click "Enable 2-way NVIDIA SLI", when done, click Apply to enable it. Select the “3D Setting” tab and e[...]