Foxconn M61PMV Series, M61PMV-E, M61PMVK User Manual

Below you will find brief information for Motherboard M61PMV/ M61PMV-E/ M61PMVK. This manual provides comprehensive instructions on installing, configuring, and troubleshooting your Foxconn M61PMV Series motherboard. Learn about CPU and memory installation, BIOS setup, and utilizing the included software for optimal performance and system management. This manual covers various features, including expansion slots, onboard connectors, and power management.

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M61PMV Series Motherboard

User’s Manual

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Declaration of conformity

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD

66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT,

TAIPEI HSIEN, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

declares that the product

Motherboard M61PMV/ M61PMV-E/ M61PMVK is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)

■ EN 55022:1998/A2: 2003 Limits and methods of measurements of radio

disturbance characteristics of information technology

■ EN 61000-3-2/:2000

equipment

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Part 3: Limits

Section 2: Limits for harmonic current emissions

(equipment input current <= 16A per phase)

■ EN 61000-3-3/A1:2001 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Part 3: Limits

Section 2: Limits of voltage fluctuations and flicker in low

voltage supply systems for equipment with rated current

<= 16A

■ EN 55024/A2:2003 Information technology equipment-Immunity

characteristics limits and methods of measurement

Place / Date : TAIPEI/2009 Signature :

Printed Name : James Liang

Declaration of conformity

Trade Name: FOXCONN

Model Name: M61PMV/ M61PMV-E/ M61PMVK

Responsible Party: PCE Industry Inc.

Address: 458 E. Lambert Rd.

Telephone:

Fullerton, CA 92835

714-738-8868

Facsimile: 714-738-8838

Equipment Classification:

Type of Product:

Manufacturer:

Address:

Supplementary Information:

FCC Class B Subassembly

Motherboard

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY

COMPANY LTD

66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, TAIPEI HSIEN,

TAIWAN, R.O.C.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Tested to comply with FCC standards.

Signature : Date : 2009

Installation Precautions

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■ Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden and momentary electric current that flows between two objects at different electrical potentials. Normally it comes out as a spark which will quickly damage your electronic equipment.

Please wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap when handling components such as a motherboard, CPU or memory.

■ Ensure that the DC power supply is turned off before installing or removing

CPU, memory, expansion cards or other peripherals. It is recommended to unplug the AC power cord from the power supply outlet. Failure to unplug the power supply cord may result in serious damage to your system.

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Please carefully read the following procedures to install your computer :

■ It is suggested to select high-quality, certified 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 operate normally when your

CPU is overclocked. Normal operation depends on the overclocking capacity of your device.

■ If there is any, when connecting USB, audio, RS232 COM, IrDA or S/PDIF cables to the internal connectors on the motherboard, make sure their pinouts are matching with the connectors on the motherboard. Incorrect connections might damage the motherboard.

■ When handling the motherboard, avoid touching any metal leads or connec tors.

■ If there is a PCI Express x16 graphics card installed in your system, we recommend using a 24-pin ATX power supply to get the best performance.

■ Before turning on the power, please make sure the power supply AC input voltage setting has been configured to the local standard.

■ To prevent damage to the motherboard, do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboard circuit or its components. Also, make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the computer casing.

■ If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the product, please consult a certified computer technician.

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

Product Specifications ..................................................................

Layout ...........................................................................................4

Back Panel Connectors ................................................................

Chapter 2 Hardware Install

Install the CPU and CPU Cooler ..................................................8

Install the Memory ......................................................................

Install an Expansion Card ..........................................................

Install other Internal Connectors ................................................13

Jumpers ......................................................................................16

Chapter 3 bIoS Setup

Enter BIOS Setup .......................................................................19

Main Menu ..................................................................................19

System Information ....................................................................

Fox Central Control Unit .............................................................

Advanced BIOS Features ...........................................................

Advanced Chipset Features .......................................................

Integrated Peripherals ................................................................

Power Management Setup .........................................................34

PC Health Status ........................................................................37

Load Optimized Defaults ............................................................38

Set Supervisor Password ...........................................................38

Set User Password .....................................................................38

Save & Exit Setup ......................................................................38

Exit Without Saving ....................................................................38

Chapter 4 CD Instruction

Utility CD content ........................................................................

Install driver and utility ................................................................41

FOX ONE

Main Page .............................................................................44

CPU Control ..........................................................................48

Frequency Control ................................................................

Limit Setting ..........................................................................

Voltage Control .....................................................................

Fan Control ...........................................................................

FOX LiveUpdate

Local Update .........................................................................

Online Update .......................................................................

Configure .............................................................................

About & Help .........................................................................

FOX LOGO .................................................................................63

FOX DMI ....................................................................................64

Chapter 5 RAID Configuration

RAID Configuration Introduction .................................................67

NVIDIA® MediaShield Driver .....................................................69

Create two RAID Driver Diskettes ..............................................71

RAID Enable in BIOS .................................................................73

Select a RAID Array for Use .......................................................73

Install a New Windows XP..........................................................89

Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array ......................................96

Technical Support :

Support

Website :

http://www.foxconnchannel.com

Support Website :

http://www.foxconnsupport.com

Worldwide online contact Support :

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/inquiry.aspx

CPU Support list :

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/cpusupportlist.aspx

Memory, VGA Compatibility list :

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/complist.aspx

Thank you for buying Foxconn M61PMV 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 features for today multi-media computing requirements, M61PMV

/M61PMV-E/M61PMVK enables you to unleash more power from your computer.

This chapter includes the following information:

■ Product Specifications

■ Layout

■ Back Panel Connectors

1-1 Product Specifications

CPU Support AMD socke t AM3/ AM2+ Phenom TM series processors

Support AMD socket AM2 series processors :

HyperTransport

Chipset

Memory

Athlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core/ Athlon

2000/1600MT/s

2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets

NVIDIA GeForce 6100/ nForce 430

64/ Sempron

Support up to 4GB of system memory

TM series processors

Dual channel DDR2 1066*/800/667/533MHz architecture

*DDR2 1066 is only supported by some AM2+ CPUs

Audio Realtek 6-channel audio chip (M61PMV-E)

VIA 6-channel audio chip (M61PMV/ M61PMVK)

High Definition Audio

2/4/5.1/-channel

LAN

Support Jack-Sensing function

Realtek 10/100 Mb/s LAN chip (M61PMV-E)

Broadcom 10/100Mb/s LAN PHY (M61PMV)

Realtek 10/100/1000Mb/s LAN PHY (M61PMVK)

Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot

1 x PCI Express x1 slot

2 x PCI slots

Onboard Serial ATA 4 x SATA connectors

USB

300MB/s data transfer rate

Support hot plug and NCQ (Native Command Queuing )

Support hot plug

Support up to 8 x USB 2.0 ports (4 rear panel ports, 2 onboard USB

headers supporting 4 extra ports)

Support USB 2.0 protocol up to 480Mb/s

Internal Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

1 x Floppy disk drive connector

1 x IDE connector

4 x SATA connectors

2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supporting 4 x USB devices)

1 x CPU fan header (4-pin)

1 x System fan header (4-pin)

1 x Front panel connector

1 x CD_IN connector

1 x Front Audio connector

1 x Chassis intrusion alarm header (INTR)

1 x S/PDIF_OUT connector

1 x IrDA connector

Back Panel

Connectors

1 x PS/2 keyboard port

1 x PS/2 mouse port

Hardware Monitor

PCI Express x1

PCI Express x16

Green Function

Bundled Software

Operating System

Form Factor

1 x VGA port

1 x Parallel port

1 x Serial port

4 x USB 2.0 ports

1 x RJ-45 LAN port

6-channel Audio ports

System voltage detection

CPU/System temperature detection

CPU/System fan speed detection

CPU/System overheating warning

CPU/System fan speed control

Support 250MB/s (500MB/s concurrent) bandwidth

Low power consumption and power management features

Support 4GB/s (8GB/s concurrent) bandwidth

Low power consumption and power management features

Support ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

Support S0 (normal), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4

(suspend to disk), and S5 (soft - off)

FOX ONE

FOX LiveUpdate

FOX LOGO

FOX DMI

Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP only

Micro ATX Form Factor, 9.6 inches x 8.0 inches (24.4cm x 20.3cm)

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The chipset driver of this motherboard does not support Windows® 2000.

1-2 layout

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

17 18

1. 4-pin ATX 12V Power Connector

2. Chassis Intrusion Alarm Header

3. USBPWR2 Jumper

4. System fan Header

5. Clear CMOS Jumper

6. S/PDIF Out Connector

7. IrDA Connector

8. PCI Express x16 Slot

9. PCI Express x1 Slot

10. PCI Slots

11. Front Audio Connector

12. CD_IN Connector

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13. Floppy Connector

14. Front Panel Connector

15. USBPWR1 Jumper

16. Front USB Connectors

17. SATA Connectors

18. Chipset : NVIDIA Geforce 6100/

nForce 430

19. IDE Connector

20. 24-pin ATX Power Connector

21. DDR2 DIMM Slots

22. CPU_FAN Header

23. CPU Socket

Note : The above motherboard layout is for reference only, please refer to the physical motherboard for detail.

1-3 back Panel Connectors

PS/2 Mouse Port

Parallel Port

LAN Port

Line In

Line Out

Microphone

PS/2 Keyboard Port

Serial Port

VGA Port

USB Ports

Audio Ports

1. PS/2 Mouse Port

Use the upper port (green) to connect a PS/2 mouse.

2. PS/2 Keyboard Port

Use the lower port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard.

3. Parallel Port

This connector provides printer port interface.

4. Serial Port

This is output of RS232 COM1 port.

5. VGA Port

To connect with external display devices, such as monitor or LCD display.

6. USb Ports

The USB port supports the USB 2.0/1.1 specification. Use this port for USB devices such as an

USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer, USB flash drive and etc.

7. Audio Ports

For the definition of each audio port, please refer to the table below :

Port

Blue

Green

Pink

2-channel

Line In

Line Out

Microphone In

4-channel

Rear Speaker Out*

Front Speaker Out

Microphone In

5.1-channel

Rear Speaker Out*

Front Speaker Out

Center/Subwoofer Out*

* : Please refer to Chapter 4, and install the Realtek audio driver (in CD) to assign the audio output ports for different applications of 2/4/5.1 channels. The fundamental audio outputs are depicted in the table above.

8. RJ-45 lAN Port

The Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at up to 10/100/1000Mb/s data rate.

LAN Type

100M

1000M

Status

Left: Active

Description

No Link Off

Green

Blinking

Off

Data Activity

No Link

Status

Off

Orange

Green

Blinking

Data Activity

Off

Green

Orange

Right: Link

Description

No Link

10/100Mb/s Connection

No Link

10Mb/s Connection

100Mb/s Connection

1000Mb/s Connection

Active

LED

Link

LED

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M61PMV and M61PMV-E support 10/100Mb/s Ethernet.

M61PMVK supports 1Gb/s Ethernet.

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 carefully.

This chapter includes the following information :

■ Install the CPU and CPU Cooler

■ Install the Memory

■ Install an Expansion Card

■ Install other Internal Connectors

■ Jumpers

This motherboard supports low power energy-saving CPUs (drawing less than

95W under normal operation).

This currently includes most Phenom TM Series, Athlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core processors, and all Athlon TM 64 and Sempron TM models.

CPUs with a power rating higher than 95W are not supported, and will result in system working abnormally or damaging the hardware.

Please visit the following website for more supporting information about your motherboard.

CPU Support list: http://www.foxconnsupport.com/cpusupportlist.aspx

Memory, VGA Compatibility list: http://www.foxconnsupport.com/complist.aspx

2-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler

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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 installing the CPU to prevent hardware damage.

■ Locate the Pin-1 of the CPU. The CPU cannot be inserted if oriented incorrectly.

■ Apply an even and thin layer of thermal grease on the surface of the CPU.

■ Do not turn on the computer if the CPU cooler is not installed, otherwise overheating and damage of the CPU may occur.

■ Set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the CPU specifications. It is not recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specifications since it does not meet the standard requirements for the peripherals. If you want to set the frequency beyond the standard specifications, please do so according to your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc.

Install the CPU

Locate the Pin-1 CPU triangle mark and the Pin-1 of the CPU socket.

Pin-1 corner of the

CPU socket

Pin-1 triangle marking of CPU

1. Release the CPU socket lever.

2. Align Pin-1 of the CPU with the CPU socket, and gently put the CPU onto the socket.

3. When CPU is properly seated, push the CPU socket lever back to its locked position.

Install the CPU Cooler

Follow the steps below to correctly install the CPU cooler. (The following procedures use Foxconn cooler as the example.)

1. Apply and spread an even thermal grease on the surface of CPU.

2. Buckle the heatsink firmly at one side of the stand.

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3. Buckle the heatsink at another side, and press the fasten lever down to tightly seat the cooler.

4. Attach the 4-wire CPU cooler connector to the CPU fan header on the motherboard .

Use extreme care when removing the CPU cooler because the thermal grease may adhere to the CPU. Inadequately removing the CPU cooler may damage the CPU.

2-2 Install the Memory

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Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory :

■ Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory. It is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used.

■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the memory to prevent hardware damage.

■ Memory modules have a foolproof design. A memory module can be installed in only one direction. If you are unable to insert the memory, switch the direction.

Dual Channel Memory Configuration

This motherboard provides two DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology.

When memory is installed, the BIOS will automatically check the memory in your system.

Two DDR2 memory sockets are divided into two channels :

Channel 0 : DIMM1

Channel 1 : DIMM2

The combinations of DIMM modules are :

Single Channel

DIMM1

DS/SS

DIMM2

Single Channel DS/SS

Dual Channel DS/SS DS/SS

(DS : Double Side, SS : Single Side, - : No Memory)

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It is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used and please select dual channel first to achieve optimum performance.

Installing a Memory

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Before installing a memory module, make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the memory module. Be sure to install DDR2 DIMMs on this motherboard.

Notch

If you take a look at front side of memory module, it has asymmetric pin counts on both sides separated by a notch in the middle, so it can only fit 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 the memory module onto the socket, then put your fingers on top edge of the module, and push it down firmly and seat it vertically into the memory socket.

Step 2:

The clips at both ends of the socket will snap into place when the memory module is securely inserted.

2-3 Install an expansion Card

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■ Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual that came with your expansion card.

■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage.

PCI Express x1

PCI Express x16

PCI 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 metal contacts on the card are completely inserted into the slot.

4. Secure the card's metal bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw.

5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover.

6. Turn on your computer. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card(s).

7. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system.

Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card :

• Installing a Graphics Card:

Gently insert the graphics card into the PCI Express x16 slot.

Make sure the graphics card is locked by the latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot.

• Removing the Card:

Push the latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot to release the card and then pull the card straight up from the slot.

2-4 Install other Internal Connectors

Power Connectors

This motherboard uses an ATX 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 ATX power connector : PWR1

PWR1 is the ATX power supply connector. Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard. Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure.

24 13

Pin #

Definition

3.3V

GND

+5V

GND

+5V

GND

Power Good

+5V SB(Stand by +5V)

+12V

3.3V

Pin #

Definition

3.3V

-12V

GND

PS_ON(Soft On/Off)

GND

+5V

GND

12 1

PWR1

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We recommend you using a 24-pin power supply.

If you are using a 20-pin power supply, you need to align the ATX power connector according to the picture.

20-Pin Power

4-pin ATX 12V Power Connector : PWR2

Connect the 4-pin ATX 12V power supply to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU.

Pin No. 24

3 1

+ 12V GND

Pin #

Definition

GND

+12V

4 2

PWR2

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)

Attach the connector to the Reset switch on the front panel of the case; the system will restart when the switch is pressed.

HDD-LED

RESET-SW

1 2

9 10

FP1

PWR-LED

PWR-SW

EMPTY

Power leD Connector (PWR-leD)

Connect to the power LED indicator on the front panel of the chassis. The Power LED indicates the system’s status.

When the system is in operation (S0 status), the LED is on. When the system gets into sleep mode (S1) , the LED is blinking; When the system is in S3/S4 sleep state or power off mode (S5), the LED is off. This 2-pin connector is directional with +/- sign.

Power Switch Connector (PWR-SW)

Connect to the power button on the front panel of the chassis. Push this switch allows the system to be turned on and off rather than using the power supply button.

USb Connectors : f_USb1/2

In addition to the two USB ports on the rear panel, this product also provides two 10-pin USB headers on its motherboard. By connecting through USB cables with them, user can quickly expand another four USB ports on the front panel.

1 2

VCC

D-

D+

VCC

D-

D+

GND

EMPTY

9 10

F_USB 1/2

GND

Serial ATA Connectors : SATA_1/2/3/4

The Serial ATA connector is used to connect with SATA Hard

Disk or CD devices which support this feature. The current

Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB/s data transfer rate.

SATA_1/2/3/4

GND

TX+

TX-

GND

RX-

RX+

GND

IDe Connector : PIDe

With the provided Ultra DMA IDE ribbon cable, you can connect to any IDE type of hard disk and CD/DVD ROM/RW drive.

Audio Connector : f_AUDIo

The audio connector supports HD Audio standard.

It provides the Front Audio output choice.

Audio Connector : CD_IN

CD_IN is a Sony standard audio connector, it can be connected to a CD/DVD-ROM drive through a CD/DVD audio cable.

1 2

PORT1_L

PORT1_R

PORT2_R

SENSE_SEND

PORT2_L

AUD_GND

PRESENCE_J

SENSE1_RETURN

EMPTY

SENSE2_RETURN

9 10

F_AUDIO

CD_L GND CD_R

CD_IN

Chassis Intruder Connector : INTR

The connector can be connected to a security switch on the chassis. The system can detect the chassis intrusion through the function of this connector. If eventually the chassis is closed, the system will send a message out.

S/PDIf Connector : SPDIf_oUT

The connector is used for S/PDIF output.

INTRUDERJ

INTR

GND

+5V

EMPTY

SPDIF_OUT

GND

SPDIF_OUT

Floppy Disk Drive Connector : FLOPPY

This motherboard includes a standard floppy disk drive

(FDD) connector, supporting 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB,

1.44MB, and 2.88MB FDDs.

Fan Connectors : CPU_FAN, SYS_FAN

There are two main fan headers on this motherboard. The fan speed can be controlled and monitored in “PC Health

Status” section of the BIOS Setup. These fans can be automatically turned off after the system enters S3, S4 and S5 sleeping states.

1 GND

POWER

SENSE

CONTROL

CPU_FAN/SYS_FAN

IrDA Connector : IR

This connector supports infrared wireless transmitting and receiving device.

+5V

EMPTY

IRRX

GND

IRTX

2-5 Jumpers

For some features needed, users can change the jumper settings on this motherboard 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 any jumper on this motherboard, pin 1 can be identified by the bold silkscreen next to it.

However, in this manual, pin 1 is simply labeled as “1”.

2. The following table explains different types of the jumper settings. "Closed" means placing a jumper cap on the two pins to temporarily short them. The shorting can also be done by touching two pins by a screwdriver for a few seconds, but using jumper cap is recommended. It can prevent hazardous ESD (Electrical Static Discharge) problem.

Jumper Diagram Definition Description

1-2 Set Pin 1 and Pin 2 closed

2-3 Set Pin 2 and Pin 3 closed

Clear CMoS Jumper: ClR_CMoS

The motherboard uses CMOS RAM to store the basic hardware information (such as BIOS data, date, time information, hardware password...etc.). Clear CMOS data is the fast way to go back to factory default when the BIOS settings were mistakenly modified.

The steps to clear CMOS data are :

1. Turn off the computer, unplug the power cord from the power outlet.

2. Remove jumper cap from pins 2-3, put it onto pins 1-2 to short them. This will clear CMOS data.

3. Return the setting to its original with pins 2-3 closed.

4. Plug in the power cord to your computer and turn it on.

5. Go to BIOS Setup to configure new system as described in next chapter.

Clear

Normal

(Default)

CLR_CMOS

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■ Disconnect the power cable before adjusting the jumper settings.

■ Do not clear the CMOS while the system is turned on.

USB device wake-up Jumpers: USB_PWR1 / USB_PWR2

1. Set the jumper to pins 1-2 (+5V) to wake up the computer from S1 sleep mode using the

connected USB devices.

2. Set the jumper to pins 2-3 (+5VSB) to wake up the computer from S3 and S4 sleep modes using the connected USB devices. At the same time, a corresponding setting must be set in

BIOS as below:

Set “Power Management Setup” -> “USB Resume from S3” to “Enabled”.

+5V

(Default)

+5VSB

USB_PWR1/2

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■ USB_PWR2 is for the internal USB connectors, USB_PWR1 is for the rear USB ports.

■ The USB device wake-up feature requires a power supply that can provide 500mA on +5VSB lead for each USB port; otherwise, the system will not power up.

■ The total current consumed must not exceed the power supply capability (+5VSB) whether under normal condition or in sleep mode.

This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.

You 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 Test (POST) process.

2. You want to change the default CMOS settings.

This chapter includes the following information :

■ Enter BIOS Setup

■ Main Menu

■ System Information

■ Fox Central Control Unit

■ Advanced BIOS Features

■ Advanced Chipset Features

■ Integrated Peripherals

■ Power Management Setup

■ PC Health Status

■ Load Optimized Defaults

■ Set Supervisor Password

■ Set User Password

■ Save & Exit Setup

■ Exit Without Saving

Since BIOS could be updated some other times, the BIOS information described in this manual is for reference only. We do not guarantee the content of this manual will remain consistent with the newly released BIOS at any given time in the future. Please visit our website for updated manual if it is available.

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 [Del] to enter Setup, [eSC] to boot menu " app ears at the bottom of the screen, you can press [Del] key to enter Setup.

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We do not suggest that you change the default values in the BIOS Setup, and we shall not be responsible for any damage which resulted from the change you made.

Main Menu

The main menu allows you to select from a list of setup functions together with two exit choices.

Use the arrow keys to select a specific item and press [Enter] to go to the sub-menu.

Each item in the main menu is explained below:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

► System Information

► Fox Central Control Unit

► Advanced BIOS Features

► Advanced Chipset Features

► PC Health Status

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

► Integrated Peripherals

► Power Management Setup

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Esc : Quit

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

↑↓←→ : Select Item

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

► System Information

It displays the basic system configuration, such as system date, time and floppy drive. They all can be set up through this menu.

► Fox Central Control Unit

Some special proprietary features (such as overclocking) can be set up through this menu.

► Advanced BIOS Features

The advanced system features can be set up through this menu.

► Advanced Chipset Features

The values for the chipset can be changed through this menu, and the system performance can be optimized.

► Integrated Peripherals

All onboard peripherals can be set up through this menu. There are IDE devices, Super I/O devices such as Serial I/O, Parallel port and other USB ports...etc.

► Power Management Setup

All the items related with Green function features can be set up through this menu.

► PC Health Status

This setup enables you to read/change Fan speeds, and displays temperatures and voltages of your CPU/System.

► Load Optimized Defaults

The optimal performance settings can be loaded through this menu. However, it may offer better performance in some ways (such as less I/O cards, less memory ...etc.), still, it may cause problem if you have more memory or I/O cards installed. It means, if your system loading is heavy, set to optimal default may sometimes come out an unstable system. What you need now is to adjust BIOS setting one by one, trial and error, to find out the best setting for your current system.

► Set Supervisor Password

The supervisor password can be set up through this menu.

► Set User Password

The user password can be set up through this menu.

► Save & Exit Setup

Save setting values to CMOS and exit.

► Exit Without Saving

Do not change anything and exit the setup.

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When we talk about [+] and [-] keys in this manual, they are the single-keypad keys of the numeric keypad which is located at the right hand side of your desktop keyboard.

They are not the combination keys made by pressing and holding down [Shift] key first, then press [+ =] or [ _-] key the next.

System Information

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System Information

Date (mm:dd:yy)

Time (hh:mm:ss)

► IDE Channel Master

► IDE Channel Slave

► SATA Channel 1 Master

► SATA Channel 2 Master

► SATA Channel 3 Master

► SATA Channel 4 Master

Drive A

Halt On

Model Name

BIOS Version

Memory

MAC Address

Fri, Feb

17 : 44 : 13

[ None ]

[1.44M, 3.5 in.]

[All , But Keyboard]

M61PMV

B10

1024M

04 4B 80 80 80 03

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+

Item Help

Menu Level ►

Change the day, month, year and century

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

This submenu is used to set up the standard BIOS features, such as the date, time, floppy drive and so on. Use the arrow up/down keys to select an item, then use the [+] or [-] keys to change the setting.

► Date - <weekday><month><date><year> format

Day—weekday from Sun. to Sat., automatically displayed by BIOS (Read Only).

Month—month from 1 to 12.

Date—date from 1st to 31st.

Year—year, set up by users.

Use [Enter], [Tab] keys to select a field. Use [+], [-], [PageUp] or [PageDown] to select a value.

► Time - <hour> : <minute> : <second> format

This item allows you to configure the desired time. Use [Enter], [Tab] to move forward and select a field. Directly input a value or use [PageUp], [PageDown], [+] or [-] to select a value.

► IDE Channel Master / Slave

These categories identify the hard disks connected to the PATA port in the system.

In each channel’s display, you can press [Enter] to go to its submenu. You can further configure specific drive settings. [None] and [Auto] settings allow you to enable or disable this drive. [None] means no HDD is installed or set, and [Auto] means the system can auto-detect the hard disk when booting up. In Access Mode setting, selections of [CHS], [LBA], [Large] and

[Auto] can help you to select hard drive for legacy compatibility.

Award (Phoenix) BIOS can support 3 HDD modes: CHS, LBA and Large.

CHS

LBA

For HDD <528MB

For HDD >528MB & Supporting LBA (Logical Block Addressing)

Large For HDD >528MB but not supporting LBA

Note: Set to [Auto] , the system can detect the hard disk and select the HDD mode automatically. Suggest you select this option.

► SATA Channel 1/2/3/4 Master

When SATA Operation Mode is set to [IDE], These items will appear. The relationships between SATA channels and SATA ports on the motherboard are :

SATA Channel 1 Master is the SATA port 1 of the motherboard.

SATA Channel 2 Master is the SATA port 2.

SATA Channel 3 Master is the SATA port 3.

SATA Channel 4 Master is the SATA port 4.

► Drive A

This option allows you to select which kind of the Floppy Disk Drive is installed in your system.

It can be [None], [360KB, 5.25 in], [1.2MB, 5.25 in], [720KB, 3.5 in], [1.44MB, 3.5 in] and

[2.88 MB, 3.5in].

► Halt On

This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error is detected during powering up.

All Errors

No Errors

Whenever the BIOS detects a nonfatal error, the system will stop and you will be prompted.

The system boot will not stop for any errors that may be detected.

All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; but it will stop for all other errors.

All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a diskette error; but it will stop for all other errors.

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but it will stop for all other errors.

► Model Name

This item shows the model name.

► BIOS Version

This item shows the BIOS version.

► Memory

These are Display-Only information of the system memory, determined by POST(Power On

Self Test) of the BIOS.

► MAC Address

This item shows the MAC address.

► CPU Name

This item shows the CPU name installed in your system.

fox Central Control Unit

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Fox Central Control Unit

► Smart BIOS

► Fox Intelligent Overclock

► Memory Timing Setting

Memory Voltage

K8<->NB HT Speed

K8<->NB HT Width

PCIE Spread Spectrum

CPU Spread Spectrum

Press Enter

[Press Enter]

[Default]

[Auto]

Super BIOS Protect

Auto Detect PCI CIK

[Disabled]

AMD K8 Cool&Quiet Control [Auto]

[Disabled]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► Smart BIOS / Fox Intelligent Overclock / Memory Timing Setting

Press [Enter] to get into each submenu.

► Memory Voltage

This item is used to change the voltage of memory group(1.8V).

The default option is: [Default].

► K8<->NB HT Speed

HT stands for HyperTransport bus. The CPU<->NB HT Speed option controls the physical speed of the CPU to Northbridge HT link. The settings are [Auto], [200 MHz], [400 MHz], [800

MHz] and [1 GHz].

► K8<->NB HT Width

The CPU<->NB HT Width controls the CPU to Northbridge link bandwidth, it is highly recommended to set to [Auto] for overall performance.

► PCIE Spread Spectrum

This option is used to enable or disable the PCIE spread spectrum function. If you enabled this function, it can significantly reduce the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) generated by the system, so to comply with FCC regulation.

► CPU Spread Spectrum

This option is used to enable or disable clock generator spread spectrum. If you enabled this function, it can significantly reduce the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) generated by the system, so to comply with FCC regulation. But if overclocking is activated, you had better disable it.

► AMD K8 Cool&Quiet Control (Appears only when CPU support)

This option helps lowering down the CPU frequency and voltage when system is idling. When the CPU speed is slowing down, the temperature will drop as well. This option will be displayed only if your CPU is supporting this feature.

► AMD Family 10th Down Core (Appears only when CPU support)

At this moment, AMD family 10 series is equivalent to AM2+, and most CPU in this series are

Quad Cores. This option enables shutting down portions of the circuits in core when not in load, it is a new feature of AM2+ CPU. This option will be displayed only if your CPU is supporting this feature.

[Auto] : Enable entire cores,

[Single Core] : Enable 1 core,

[Dual Core] : Enable 2 cores,

[Tri Core] : Enable 3 cores,

[Quad Core] : Enable 4 cores.

► Super BIOS Protect

To protect the system BIOS from virus attack, there is a BIOS write-protection mechanism provided. Super BIOS Protect function protects your BIOS from being affected by viruses, e.g.

CIH.

► Auto Detect PCI Clk

This option is used to auto detect PCI slots. When enabled, the system will turn off clock of the empty PCI slot to reduce EMI (Electromagnetic Interference).

Smart bIoS

Smart Boot Menu

Smart Power LED

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Smart BIOS

Disabled

[Enabled]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

Smart Boot Menu with a timer to let user to control boot device easily.

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► Smart Boot Menu

When PC starts, if [Enabled] is selected, a Boot Menu will be automatically displayed to inform you to select a boot device. If no device is selected, the first device will be used. If [Disabled] is selected, then PC will ask you to press [Esc] key to get into Boot Menu. This setting simplifies multiple boot devices user from pressing [Esc] key to enter boot menu.

► Smart Power LED

Smart Power LED is a feature built on your motherboard to indicate different states during

Power On System Test (POST). The LED is located at the front panel, and it displays POST state by different long-short blinking intervals. You can always leave this state enabled.

System Status

Normal

No Memory

No Display

Post Error Message

No CPU Fan

Power LED Status

Always On

Continue blinking On (1sec.), Off (1sec.)

Continue blinking On (2sec.), Off (2sec.)

Quick blinking twice (1/3sec. On, 1/3sec. Off), one long On (1sec.), continuously.

Continue blinking On (1/2sec.), Off (1/2sec.)

Stop Blinking Condition

Always On

Reboot & Memory OK

Reboot & Display OK

Enter Setup or Skip

Reboot & Fan OK

Fox Intelligent Overclock

CPU Clock

PCIE Clock

NPT FID Control

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Fox Intelligent Overclock

200

[100]

[Auto]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► CPU Clock / PCIE Clock

These items allow you to select different CPU clock and PCIE clock.

► NPT FID Control (Appears only when CPU support)

This is CPU multiplier. It allows you to configure CPU's speed much easier. This option will be displayed only if your CPU is supporting this feature.

Memory Timing Setting

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DRAM Configuration

Timing Mode

x Memory Clock Value Limit

Auto

DDR 400

DCTs Mode [Unganged]

CKE Base Power Down Mode [Enabled]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

CKE Base Power Down

Memclock Tri-stating

Memory Hole Remapping

Auto Optimize Bottom IO

[Per Channel] Auto, no user limit

[Disabled] MaxMemCLK, limit by

[Enabled] memory clock value.

[Enabled]

x Bottom of [31:24] IO Space C0

Bottom of UMA DRAM [31:24] [FC]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► Timing Mode

This item allows you to set the memory timing mode. The available options are:

[Auto]: System will detect the timing automatically;

[MaxMemCLK]: The memory timing is limited by the memory clock value set in the next item.

► Memory Clock Value Limit

This item allows you to set the system memory's clock value.

► DCTs Mode (Appears only when CPU support)

DCT stands for DRAM Controller.

Ganged refers to the use of both DRAM controllers within a memory controller acting in concert to access memory. For a description of ganged (128-bit DRAM data width) and unganged

(64-bit DRAM data width) DRAM modes :

Ganged channels (DDR2) :

■ DCT channels A and B can be ganged as a single logical 128-bit DIMM.

■ Offers highest DDR2 bandwidth.

■ Requires both DIMMs in a logical pair to have identical size and timing parameters, both

DCTs programmed identically.

Unganged channels

■ DCT channels A and B operate as two completely independent 64-bit channels (both channels operate at the same frequency).

■ Reduce DRAM page conflicts – more concurrent open dram pages .

■ Better bus efficiency.

Burst lengths supported

When both DCTs are enabled in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each

DCT in order.

► CKE Base Power Down Mode

This item allows you to enable or disable the CKE base power down mode.

► CKE Base Power Down

CKE power down mode selection.

► Memclock Tri-stating

Enables the DDR memory clocks to be tristated when alternate VID mode is enabled.

► Memory Hole Remapping

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 PC. But now it is, so it's up to the memory controller and host bridge to figure out what to do. Many systems cause that high RAM to simply be ignored, resulting in the loss of effective RAM. More complex systems will take the RAM that would occupy that 3.5-4GB address space and re-map it into the 4.0-4.5 address space. The RAM doesn't care because

it's just an array of storage cells, it's up to the memory controller to associate addresses with those storage cells. Of course, that only works if you're using a 64-bit (or 32-bit physical address extension (PAE) enabled) OS that can deal with physical addresses larger than 32 bits.Once this option is enabled, the BIOS can see 4096MB of memory.

► Auto Optimize Bottom IO

Auto optimize maximum DRAM size when kernel assigns PCI resources done.

► Bottom of [31:24] IO Space

Select bottom of [31:24] IO space manually when "Auto Optimize Bottom IO" option is disabled.

► Bottom of UMA DRAM [31:24]

This is a memory allocation method addition to the Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) concept. Normally, select the default value.

Advanced BIOS Features

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Advanced BIOS Features

► Removable Device Priority

► Hard Disk Boot Priority

First Boot Device

Second Boot Device

Third Boot Device

Boot Other Device

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Boot Up NumLock Status

Security Option

Full Screen Logo Show

Press Enter

[Press Enter]

Item Help

[Hard Disk] Menu Level ►

[CDROM] Select removable boot device priority [Removable]

[Enabled]

[Disabled]

[On]

[Setup]

[Enabled]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► Removable Device Priority

This option is used to select the priority for removable device.

► Hard Disk Boot Priority

This option is used to select the priority for HDD startup. After pressing [Enter], you can select the HDD using the Up/Down arrow keys, and change the HDD priority using [PageUp]/

[PageDown]; you can exit this menu by pressing [Esc].

► First / Second / Third Boot Device

These three options allow you to select the priority of boot sequence from different devices.

► Boot Other Device

With this function set to enable, the system will boot from some other devices provided that the first/second/third boot devices failed.

► Boot Up Floppy Seek

This item controls whether the BIOS will check for a floppy drive while booting up. If it cannot detect one (either due to improper configuration or physical unavailability), it will appear an error message. Disabling this function, then POST will not detect the floppy.

► Boot Up NumLock Status

This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started. The available settings are: On (default) and Off.

► Security Option

When it is set to “Setup”, a password is required to enter the CMOS Setup screen. When it is set to “System”, a password is required not only to enter CMOS Setup, but also to start up your PC.

► Full Screen Logo Show

This item allows you to enable or disable full screen customer's logo.

Advanced Chipset Features

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Advanced Chipset Features

Frame Buffer Size Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► Frame Buffer Size

Allocates system memory for use as video memory to ensure the most efficient use of available resources for maximum 2D/3D graphics performance.

This is a memory allocation method addition to the Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) concept, wherein a static amount of page-locked graphics memory is allocated during driver initialization. This fixed amount of memory will provide the user with a guaranteed graphics memory at all times, and will no longer be available to the OS.

Integrated Peripherals

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Integrated Peripherals

► OnChip IDE Devices

► RAID Config

► OnBoard Devices

► SuperIO Devices

► USB Devices

Press Enter

[Press Enter]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► OnChip IDE Devices / RAID Config / OnBoard Devices / SuperIO Devices / USB Devices

Press [Enter] to go to each submenu.

OnChip IDE Devices

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OnChip IDE Devices

OnChip IDE Channel

IDE DMA Transfer Access

SATA Controller

Enabled

[Enabled]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► OnChip IDE Channel

This option is used to enable/disable function of IDE drives connected to the PATA interface.

► IDE DMA Transfer Access

[Disabled] : to disable DMA transfers for all IDE drives. They will revert to PIO mode transfers.

[Enabled] : to enable DMA transfers for all IDE drives. The proper DMA mode will be detected at boot-up. If the drive does not support DMA transfers, then it will use PIO mode instead.

► SATA Controller

This option is used to enable/disable function of SATA drives connected to the SATA ports.

RAID Config

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RAID Config

RAID Enable

x SATA Pri-Master RAID

x SATA Pri-Slave RAID

x SATA Sec-Master RAID

x SATA Sec-Slave RAID

Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► RAID Enable

This item is used to enable or disable the RAID mode of your SATA ports.

► SATA Pri-Master RAID / SATA Pri-Slave RAID / SATA Sec-Master RAID / SATA Sec-Slave

RAID

These items are valid only when "RAID Enable" is set to [Enabled]. They are used to enable or disable the RAID function of each SATA port on the motherboard.

The relationships between RAID settings and SATA ports on the motherboard are :

SATA Pri-Master RAID is the SATA port 1 of the motherboard.

SATA Pri-Slave RAID is the SATA port 2.

SATA Sec-Master RAID is the SATA port 3.

SATA Sec-Slave RAID is the SATA port 4.

OnBoard Devices

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OnBoard Devices

OnBoard Audio Controller

OnBoard LAN Controller

Auto

[Auto]

Item Help

OnBoard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► OnBoard Audio Controller

This item is used to select the operation of your audio controller.

Select [Auto], system will turn on the audio controller. Select [Disabled] will turn off audio function.

► OnBoard LAN Controller

This item is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller.

► OnBoard LAN Boot ROM

This item is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN boot optional ROM. A LAN boot ROM lets you set up a diskless workstation on the network. By installing a boot ROM in the network board, you can enable a client PC system on the network to be booted remotely.

SuperIO Devices

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SuperIO Devices

OnBoard FDC Controller

OnBoard Serial Port 1

OnBoard Serial Port 2 x

Serial Port 2 Mode Select x IrDA Duplex Mode

OnBoard Parallel Port

Parallel Port Mode

ECP Mode Use DMA

Enabled

[3F8/IRQ4]

[2F8/IRQ3]

[Normal]

Half

[378/IRQ7]

[SPP]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► OnBoard FDC Controller

This item is used to enable or disable the onboard FDC controller.

► OnBoard Serial Port 1

This item is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for the onboard serial port COM1.

► OnBoard Serial Port 2

This item is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for the onboard serial port COM2.

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"OnBoard Serial Port1" and "OnBoard Serial Port2 " must be configured to different port and IRQ, you can set them to default values to follow PC standard.

► Serial Port 2 Mode Select

This item is used to configure COM2 PORT as :

[Normal] : A RS232 device.

[IrDA] : An IrDA device for maximum 115200 bit/s.

[ASKIR] : A faster IrDA for 1152000 bit/s.

► IrDA Duplex Mode

This item enables you to determine the transfer mode of the onboard infrared chip.

► OnBoard Parallel Port

This item is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for the onboard parallel port .

► Parallel Port Mode

This item is used to set parallel port mode.

► ECP Mode Use DMA

When “Parallel Port Mode” set to “ECP” or “ECP+EPP”, this item is used to select the the channel of ECP mode.

USB Devices

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USB Devices

OnChip USB

USB Keyboard Support

USB Mouse Support

USB Storage Support

V1.1+V2.0

[Disabled]

[Enabled]

Item Help

[Enabled]

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► OnChip USB

Select [V1.1], the Universal Host Controller Interface for USB will be enabled;

Select [V1.1+V2.0], the Enhanced Host Controller Interface for USB will be enabled;

Select [Disabled], BIOS will turn off USB function.

► USB Keyboard Support

This item is used to enable the support for USB keyboard on legacy OS. If you have a USB keyboard, set to enabled.

► USB Mouse Support

This item is used to enable the support for USB mouse on legacy OS. If you have a USB mouse, set to enabled.

► USB Storage Support

This option is used to set whether the USB Mass Storage controller is enabled in a legacy operating system (such as DOS).

Power Management Setup

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Power Management Setup

ACPI Function

ACPI Suspend Type

Power Button

Enabled

[S3(STR)]

[Instant-Off]

** Power Management Events **

Wake Up by PCI/PCIE PME [Disabled]

USB Resume from S3 [Disabled]

Resume by Alarm

x Date of Month Alarm

x Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

HPET Support

PWRON After PWR-Fail

x Power On by Button

[Disabled]

0 : 0 : 0

[Enabled]

PS/2 Mouse Resume from S3 [Disabled]

PS/2 KB Resume from S3

x Hot Key Resume

[Off]

Enabled

[Disabled]

Ctrl-F1

Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard that defines power and configuration management interfaces between an operating system and the BIOS. In other words, it is a standard that describes how computer components work together to manage system hardware. In order to use this function the ACPI specification must be supported by the

OS (for example, Windows2000 or WindowsXP).

ACPI defines five sleeping states, they are :

S1 - The S1 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chip set) and hardware maintains all system context. (also called

Power on Suspend )

S2 - The S2 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state. This state is similar to the S1 sleeping state except that the CPU and system cache context is lost (the OS is responsible for maintaining the caches and CPU context). Control starts from the processor’s reset vector after the wake event.

S3 - The S3 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state where all system context is lost except system memory. CPU, cache, and chip set context are lost in this state. Hardware maintains memory context and restores some CPU and L2 configuration context. Control starts from the processor’s reset vector after the wake event. (also called Suspend to

RAM )

S4 - The S4 sleeping state is the lowest power, longest wake latency sleeping state supported by ACPI. In order to reduce power to a minimum, it is assumed that the hardware platform has powered off all devices. Platform context is maintained. (also called Suspend to

Disk )

S5 - The S5 state is similar to the S4 state except that the OS does not save any context. The system is in the “soft” off state and requires a complete boot when it wakes. Software uses a different state value to distinguish between the S5 state and the S4 state to allow for initial boot operations within the BIOS to distinguish whether or not the boot is going to wake from a saved memory image.

► ACPI Function

This item is used to enable or disable the ACPI function.

► ACPI Suspend Type

This item is used to set the energy saving mode of the ACPI function. When you select “S1

(POS)” mode, the power is always on and computer can be resumed at any time. When you select “S3 (STR)” mode, the power will be down after a period of time. The status of the computer before it entering STR will be saved in memory, and the computer can quickly return to previous state when the STR function wakes.

► Power Button

This item is used to set the power down method. This function is only valid for systems using an ATX power supply. When set to [Delay 4 Sec.], the power button will put the system in

Suspend mode if you push the power button in less than 4 Second then release. If set to

[Instant-Off], the PC powers off immediately when the power button is pressed.

** Power Management Events **

► Wake Up by PCI/PCIE PME

This item is used to set the system to be waken up by PCI/PCIE card.

► USB Resume from S3

This item is used to set the system to be waken up by USB device when it is staying at

S3 (Suspend to RAM) state.

► Resume by Alarm

This item is used to set the timing of the start-up function. In order to use this function, the start-up password function must be disabled. Also, the PC power source must not be turned off.

► Date of Month Alarm

When "Resume by Alarm" is set to “Enabled”, this item can be modified. It is used to set the timing for the start-up date.

► Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

When "Resume by Alarm" is set to “Enabled”, this item can be modified. It is used to set the timing for the start-up time.

► HPET Support

HPET stands for High Precision Even Timer. If you have the HPET disabled, then windows does not have access to it and therefore falls back to less accurate timing methods. This item is used to enable or disable the HPET Support.

► PWRON After PWR-Fail

This item is used to set which state the PC will take with when it resumes after an AC power loss.

► Power On by Button

This feature is valid only when "PS/2 KB Resume from S3" is set to Hot key or Keyboard 98.

Enabling this feature allows normal powering on by pressing power button, while disabling it then pressing power button has no function.

► PS/2 Mouse Resume from S3

When enabled, it allows you to use the PS/2 mouse to wake up the system from S3 mode.

This feature requires an ATX power supply.

► PS/2 Kb Resume from S3

This item allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard to wake up the system from S3 mode. This feature requires an ATX power supply. The setting values: [Disabled]; [Hot KEY]; [Any KEY],

and [Keyboard 98].

► Hot Key Resume

Wen "PS/2 KB Resume from S3" is set to [Hot KEY], this item allows you to press a [Ctrl] +

Function key to wake up the system from S3 mode.

PC Health Status

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

PC Health Status

Case Open Warning

Shutdown Temperature

CPU Vcore

VTT(V)

+3.3V

+ 5V

+ 12V

5VSB(V)

Voltage of Battery

CPU Temperature

System Temperature

CPU Fan Speed

System Fan Speed

Smart Fan Control x Start PWM Temperature

x Start PWM Value

x Slope PWM Value

1.34 V

1.88 V

3.34 V

5.16 V

11.90 V

4.99V

3.05V

39 o o C

3000 RPM

0 RPM

[Disabled]

Disabled

[Disabled]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

► Case Open Warning

This item is used to enable or disable case open warning function.

► Shutdown Temperature

This item is used to set the system temperature upper limit. When the temperature exceeds the set value, the system will shut down automatically.

► CPU Vcore/VTT(V)/+ 3.3V/+5V/+12V/5VSB(V)/Voltage of Battery

The current voltages are automatically detected and displayed by the system.

► CPU/System Temperature

The CPU/System temperature are automatically detected and displayed by the system.

► CPU Fan/System Fan Speed

The CPU fan/System fan speed are automatically detected and displayed by the system.

► Smart fan Control

This option is used to enable or disable smart fan function. Only when this option is enabled, you can set some correlative parameters.

► Start PWM Temperature

It allows you set a temperature value from which smart fan starts its operation.

► Start PWM Value

It allows you to set an initial PWM value to drive the fan when the temperature reaches Start

PWM value and smart fan begins its operation. The higher PWM value can achieve the faster fan speed.

► Slope PWM Value

When temperature changes one degree celsius, the PWM will be increased or decreased by a step value accordingly.

► Delta Temp( o C)

It is used to set the delta value for temperature. When change of the temperature reaches plus/minus delta value, then the PWM will be increased or decreased by a step value based on the slope formula.

Load Optimized Defaults

Select this option and press [Enter]. A dialogue pops out, input [Y] then press [Enter] to load the defaults; press [N] to skip.

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N

By this default, BIOS have set the optimized performance parameters of system to improve the performances of system components. But if the optimized performance parameters to be set cannot be supported by your hardware devices, the system may fail to work. It may happen on when you installed too many add-on cards on your system, or overloaded the hardware until it can not afford.

Set Supervisor Password

The access rights and permissions associated with the Supervisor password are higher than those of a regular User password. The Supervisor password can be used to start the system or modify the CMOS settings, while User password can only be used to start the system, view the CMOS settings, but modify CMOS settings is not allowable.

When you select the Set Supervisor/User Password option, the

Enter Password message will appear :

Enter Password:

The supervisor password can be set up through this menu.

Key in a password, not exceeding 8 characters, save the

PASSWORD DISABLED !!!

Press any key to continue...

change and exit. The next time, when you enter the BIOS, it will ask you to input this password to confirm your access right. After you get the right to access the BIOS, you then can select this setting again, and press [Enter] to disable this function or input a new password to replace the original one.

If you select “System” for the Security Option in “Advanced BIOS Features” menu, then you will be asked to enter a password when the system is started or when you try to enter the CMOS setting program. If an incorrect password is entered, it will hold there.

If you select “Setup” for the Security Option in “Advanced BIOS Features” menu, you will be asked to enter a password only when you enter the CMOS setting program.

Set User Password

The user password can be set up through this menu. Only when there exists a Supervisor password, then this setting can be activated.

Save & Exit Setup

When you select this option and press [Enter],

Press [Y] to save your changes to CMOS and exit the program;

Press [N] or [ESC] to return to the main menu.

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Exit Without Saving

If you select this option and press [Enter],

Press [Y] to exit CMOS without saving your modifications;

Press [N] or [ESC] to return to the main menu.

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

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 content

■ Install driver and utility

■ FOX ONE

■ FOX LiveUpdate

■ FOX LOGO

■ FOX DMI

Note : Because each module is independent, so the section number will be reorganized and unique to each module, please understand.

Utility CD content

This motherboard comes with one DVD. You can simply put it into your DVD-ROM drive, and the main menu will be displayed on your PC screen to guide you how to install.

1. Install Driver

Use these options to install all the drivers for your system. You should install the drivers in order, and you need to restart your computer after all the drivers have been installed.

M61PMV-E:

A. NVIDIA MCP61 Chipset Driver

B. Realtek HDA Audio Driver

C. Realtek LAN Driver

M61PMV/ M61PMVK:

A. NVIDIA MCP61 Chipset Driver

B. VIA HDA Audio Driver

2. Software Utilities

Use these options to install additional software programs. FOX ONE is a very powerful user interface program which allows you to change your system setting without going to BIOS. Some auto features help user to improve (or overclock) your system without being a computer literate.

A. FOX ONE

B. FOX LiveUpdate

C. FOX LOGO

D. FOX DMI

E. Microsoft DirectX 9.0

F. Adobe Acrobat Reader

G. Norton Internet Security

Install driver and utility

1. Install Driver

M61PMV-e:

You must click "NVIDIA MCP61 Chipset Driver" to install it first. After that, you can click "One

Click Setup" to install all the other drivers left, or you can click on each individual driver to install it manually.

Manual

Installation Step by Step

Automatic

Installation by

One Click.

Exit the program

Drop to

System Tray

Click to visit

Foxconn's website

Select to

Install Utilities

Select to

Install Drivers

Browse CD

M61PMV/M61PMVK:

After install "NVIDIA MCP61 Chipset Driver" first, you can click on each individual driver to install it manually.

2. Install Utility

You can select the specific utility to install.

foX oNe

FOX ONE is a powerful utility for easily modifying system settings. It also allows users to monitor various temperature values, voltage values, frequencies and fan speeds at any time.

With FOX ONE, you can :

■ Modify system performance settings, such as the CPU and memory bus speeds, CPU voltages, fan speeds, and other system performance options.

■ Monitor hardware temperatures, voltages, frequencies and fan speeds.

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Depending on hardware support, voltage monitoring and Fox Intelligent Stepping features are optional and only supported in some models. If the option is selectable, it also means the feature is supported.

■ Voltage Monitoring is supported only in FOX ONE Premium & Deluxe products.

■ Fox Intelligent Stepping is supported only in FOX ONE Deluxe products.

Supporting Operating Systems :

■ Windows 2000

■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

Using FOX ONE :

The very first time you run FOX ONE, F.I.S. Calibration function (FOX Intelligent

Stepping) will require you to calibrate the CPU’s loading. Click “OK” to proceed and start the Utility. F.I.S. is a feature of FOX ONE, which can automatically adjust your CPU clock based on your current system loading.

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Before you running the FOX ONE program, the system parameters (such as CPU clock, voltage...etc.) are controlled by BIOS settings. After you run FOX ONE, it will take over, and the controlling right will be transferred to FOX ONE. Later, if you exit

FOX ONE, then BIOS control will be back again.

1. Main Page

Show CPU

Information Toolbar Alert Lamp

Switch Button

Skin Button

Exit

Minimum

Configuration

Homepage

Monitor Frequency/Voltage/Fan speed/Temperature value

Toolbar

Use the toolbar to navigate to other pages.

Alert lamp

When the system is in healthy state, the color of alert lamp is green. When the system is in abnormal state, the alert lamp color is red.

Switch button

Click this button, it will simplify the whole FOX ONE control panel to a smaller information bar (i.e.

Simple Mode) as depicted below, you can drag this bar to any place on your screen to help you monitoring system status.

Exit FOX ONE

Click here to go back to

FOX ONE full screen

Click here will drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray

Skin button

There are more choices of FOX ONE screen panels. Click this button, you can select your favorite skin (FOX ONE Panel).

Click the new skin picture to select the new skin

Apply the changes Cancel the changes exit

Click this button to exit the program.

Minimum

Click this button to drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray located at the lower right corner of your screen.

Homepage

Click this button to visit Foxconn motherboard website : http://www.foxconnchannel.com

Configuration

This menu allows you to configure :

1). Monitor interval (ms) :

This is to define the interval of different messages of system settings which are to be displayed on Simple Mode screen. Minimum value is 1 second.

2). Simple Mode :

To select which message of system settings are to be displayed in the Simple Mode.

Messages such as CPU frequency, voltage...etc., they can be displayed one by one in Simple

Mode.

3). F.I.S. Calibration (FOX Intelligent Stepping, Optional)

This function will re-calibrate the CPU's loading, and it may take several minutes to proceed.

The FOX ONE calibration process will apply different loadings to your CPU, record PWM IC voltage together with the CPU clock running at these loadings, so it can define and estimate within a particular range of system loading, what the CPU clock should be.

Step 1 : Click Calibration icon, a message pops out to ask for continue. Select Yes.

Step 2 : After data is collected, it will ask you to restart your computer now.

Later on, when the FOX ONE program is activated, and F.I.S. feature (in CPU Page) is also enabled, FOX ONE will automatically adjust your CPU clock according to your system loadings. (Loadings are like Power Gaming, Data Mining...etc.)

2. CPU Page - CPU Control

This page lets you select (or overclock) CPU clock to meet the current performance level of the system. The fastest and suitable CPU clock running for current system can be calculated by FOX

ONE automatically or manually input by yourselves.

Manual :

You can press the up/down button to adjust your CPU clock.

Auto :

Click this button to let FOX ONE check the highest CPU clock you can use. System will raise the

CPU clock step by step until it hangs, you can then push the RESET button on your PC panel to restart the system. When system restarts, run FOX ONE again, it will display a recommended highest CPU clock for you, click <Yes> to apply it.

Go to CPU page Adjust by manual

Press Auto button to let FOX

ONE check the highest CPU clock you can use.

Reset the changes

FIS Features :

Select the different benchmarks

Apply the changes

A message informs you to push RESET button later if the system hangs finally.

Click Yes to continue.

You can see the system is raising CPU clock until the system hangs.

Push RESET button on the front panel of your system to restart the computer.

Run FOX ONE program again, it will inform you the previous test found that 255MHz is the recommended CPU clock for your system.

Click Yes to apply it to your system.

Now, your system is running at a CPU clock of 255MHz.

FOX Intelligent Stepping (F.I.S., Optional)

Select FOX Intelligent Stepping will allow your system to automatically adjust your CPU clock rate based on different system loadings. For example, if you select Power Gaming, CPU clock will be driven to run at its maximum speed. While in Energy Saving, CPU will lower down its speed to a minimum. The four benchmarks - Power Gaming, Data Mining, Office and Energy Saving, the references of their system loading were calculated and defined in the FIS Calibration option of Configuration menu. Select Auto, CPU will automatically adjust its clock according to current system loading.

3. Frequency Page - Frequency Control

This page lets you set memory and PCI Express frequencies by manual.

Go to Freq. page

Close this page

Select the option you want to set

Adjust by manual

Reset the changes

Apply the changes

4. Limit Setting

4.1 Limit Setting - CPU Temperature

This page lets you to set CPU high limit temperature and enable the alert function.

Go to Limit Setting page

Show current CPU temperature value

Enable alert function when the CPU temperature is higher than high limit value

Show current high limit value of the CPU temperature

Set high limit by dragging the lever

4.2 Limit Setting - System Temperature

This page lets you to set system high limit temperature and enable the alert function.

Show current system temperature value

Enable alert function when the system temperature is higher than high limit value

Show current high limit value of system temperature

Set high limit by dragging the lever

4.3 Limit Setting - CPU Fan

This page lets you to set CPU fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.

Show current CPU fan rpm value

Enable alert function when the CPU fan runs slower than the low limit rpm value

Show current low limit rpm value of CPU fan

Set low limit rpm by dragging the lever

4.4 Limit Setting - System Fan

This page lets you to set system fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.

Show current system fan rpm value

Set low limit rpm by dragging the lever

Enable alert function when the system fan runs slower than low limit rpm value

Show current low limit rpm value of system fan

4.5 Limit Setting - FAN1 Fan

This page lets you to set FAN1 fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.

Show current FAN1

fan rpm value

Enable alert function when the FAN1 fan runs slower than low limit rpm value

Show current low limit rpm value of FAN1 fan

Set low limit rpm by dragging the lever

5. Voltage Page - Voltage Control (Optional)

This page lets you set CPU voltage, memory voltage and North Bridge voltage manually. CPU voltage can be stepped up/down by a unit of 12.5mV, while memory is 0.05V/step, and North

Bridge is 0.04V/step.

Go to Voltage page

Select the option you want to set

Adjust by manual

Reset the changes Apply the changes

6. Fan Page - Fan Control

This page lets you enable Smart Fan function or set the fan speed by manual.

When Smart Fan is selected, you must use a 4-pin CPU cooler in your system.

Go to Fan page

Enable or disable smart fan function

Set fan speed by dragging the lever

Apply the changes

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 2000

■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 2003 (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 system BIOS information.

Link to website Minimum

Exit

Toolbar

Show current

BIOS information

*** : please refer to the physical motherboard for detail.

1-2 local Update - backup

This page can backup your system BIOS. You can click “Backup”, and key in a file name, then click “Save” to finish the backup operation. The extension of this backup file is ".BIN" for Award

BIOS and ".ROM" for AMI BIOS. Default directory is "C:\Desktop\My Documents" in Windows XP and "Documents" in Vista. Make sure you can remember the file name together with the directory which it is stored, prevented that you may need them to recover your BIOS later.

Key in a BIOS name

Click here

1-3 local Update - Update

This page helps you to update your BIOS from a local file. After click “Update”, An alert message will be displayed to ensure if you really want to continue, click “Yes” to confirm. A setup wizard will guide you to load a local BIOS file to finish the operation. You must remember from which directory to load your new BIOS file (with an extension of ".BIN" for Award BIOS, ".ROM" for AMI

BIOS) before the setup wizard starts.

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FOX LiveUpdate can automatically backup old BIOS before update. This feature can be enabled in the "Configure-System" setup. Please refer to "Configure-System" section for more detail. The default backup directory is C:\LiveUpdate_Temp, but the backup file name will be automatically generated. It is hard to find it out from a backup directory, and we recommend you using Explorer to check date/time message of this backup file to find it out and write its name down to remember it.

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 finish the update operation.

Click here

Current information

Search new BIOS from Internet

Select BIOS to update

Browse detailed information

Update BIOS

Close the window

2-2 Online Update - Update Driver

This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new drivers from Internet. Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation.

Click here

Current information

Search new drivers from Internet

Select the driver to update

Browse detailed information

Install the selected driver

Close the window

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 finish the update operation.

Click here

Current information

Search new utilities from Internet

Select the utility to update

Browse detailed information

Install the selected utility

Close the window

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 finish the update operation.

Click here

Current information

Search all new BIOS/ drivers/utilities from

Internet

Browse detailed

BIOS information

Browse detailed driver information

Browse detailed utility information

Close the window

3. Configure

3-1 Configure - 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 qualified item found, it will pop out a message on the task bar to inform you to do the next step.

Click here

Apply the changes Reset to default value

Set auto search options

Set auto search the latest

FOX LiveUpdate

Select search which kind of versions

Double click on the icon as show below, you can see the detailed information.

Double click here

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.

Prompt you to install the new

FOX LiveUpdate

3-2 Configure - System

This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the FOX LiveUpdate utility.

Click here

Determine if the FOX LiveUpdate can auto run when the system starts up

Apply the changes

Set the location of download files or auto backup BIOS

Select different skin of the software

Reset to default value

3-3 Configure - Advance

This page lets you select to flash BIOS / Boot Block and clear CMOS. If you choose Flash Boot

Block, it means BIOS is not protective, and you must make sure the flash process is continuous and without any interruption.

Click here

Select which BIOS ROM to flash(Only available to motherboard with backup

BIOS ROM )

Select to flash Boot Block

Select to clear CMOS

Apply the changes Reset to default value

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We recommend that you had better keep the default setting unchanged to avoid any damage.

4. About & Help

This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate.

Click here

Show information about

FOX LiveUpdate

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-Test).

You can prepare a JPG image (1024x768) file, then use FOX LOGO to open it and change the boot time Logo. Boot time Logo will be displayed if you enable the BIOS "Full Screen Logo Show" setting in "Advanced BIOS Features" menu.

Supporting Operating Systems :

■ Windows 2000

■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

Using FOX LOGO:

Main Page

Main screen

Backup

Change

Delete

Exit

Minimize

Website

About

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When you change Logo or delete current Logo, the system will flash BIOS file auto matically. During this time, please DO NOT shut down the application and the system, or the motherboard will be damaged seriously.

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 2000

■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

Using FOX DMI:

Please operate this utility as the comments shows.

Click here to select the type you want to view.

Click here to select the DMI Data format you need

This chapter will cover two topics :

■ Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP

(Vista) in a brand new RAID system.

■ Creating a Non-Bootable Array - Existing Windows XP

(Vista) system with new RAID built as data storage.

It includes the following information :

■ RAID Configuration Introduction

■ NVIDIA ® MediaShield Driver

■ Create two RAID Driver Diskettes

■ RAID Enable in BIOS

■ Select a RAID Array for Use

■ Install a New Windows XP

■ Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array

The RAID BIOS Setup pictures shown in this chapter are for reference only, please refer to the practical screen.

Creating a Bootable Array -

Installing a new Windows XP (or Vista) in a brand new RAID system.

1. Follow 5-1 to create two RAID driver diskettes.

2. Follow 5-2 to set RAID enabled in BIOS.

3. Follow 5-3 to select a RAID array for use.

4. Follow 5-4 to Install a new Windows Operating System.

What kinds of hardware and software you need here :

1. A floppy drive.

2. A DVD-ROM drive.

3. Several SATA hard disks.

4. Two RAID driver diskettes. (Can be created by using motherboard driver CD)

5. A motherboard driver CD.

6. Windows XP or Vista Install CD.

Creating a Non-Bootable Array -

Existing Windows XP (or Vista) system with new RAID built as data storage.

Follow 5-5 to go through the processes to build a new RAID array in your existing

Windows XP system, it includes :

1. Set RAID enabled in BIOS.

2. Follow 5-3 to select a RAID array for use.

3. Run setup program to install NVIDIA RAID driver into your current Windows XP system.

4. Use Administrative Tools in Control Panel to format new RAID array.

What kinds of hardware and software you need here :

1. A DVD-ROM drive.

2. Several SATA hard disks.

3. A motherboard driver CD.

RAID Configuration 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 following RAID configurations are provided for users.

There are three major key concepts in RAID:

1. Mirroring : The copying of data to more than one disk;

2. Striping : The splitting of data across more than one disk;

3. Error correction : Where redundant data is stored to allow problems to be detected and possibly fixed (known as fault tolerance).

Different RAID levels use one or more of these techniques, depending on the system requirements. The main aims of using RAID are to improve reliability, important for protecting information that is critical to a business, for example a database of customer orders; or where speed is important, for example a system that delivers video on demand TV programs to many viewers.

The configuration affects reliability and performance in different ways. The problem with using more disks is that it is more likely that one will go wrong, but by using error checking the total system can be made more reliable by being able to survive and repair the failure. Basic mirroring can speed up reading data as a system can read different data from both the disks, but it may be slow for writing if it insists that both disks must confirm that the data is correctly written. Striping is often used for performance, where it allows sequences of data to be read off multiple disks at the same time. Error checking typically will slow the system down as data needs to be read from several places and compared. The design of RAID systems is therefore a compromise and understanding the requirements of a system is important. Modern disk arrays typically provide the facility to select the appropriate RAID configuration.

RAID is often used in high availability systems, where it is important that the system keeps running as much of the time as possible.

RAID 0 (Striping)

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. 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. If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond, the remaining drive will continue to function. Due to redundancy, the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive.

RAID 5 (Parity)

RAID 5 provides data striping at the byte level and also stripes error correction information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Level 5 is one of the most popular implementations of RAID.

RAID 0+1 (Stripe Mirroring)

RAID 10 is a combination of striping and mirroring. This configuration provides optimal speed and reliability, but you need four SATA hard disks.

Spanning (JBOD)

JBOD stands for “Just a Bunch of Disks”. Each drive is accessed as if it was on a standard SCSI host bus adapter. This is useful when a single drive configuration is needed, but it offers no speed improvement or fault tolerance. A spanned volume is a formatted partition which data is stored on more than one hard disk, yet appears as one volume. Unlike RAID, spanned volumes have no fault-tolerance, so if any disk fails, the data on the whole volume could be lost. Additionally, the system or boot partitions cannot be included in a spanned volume. FAT16/32 and NTFS file systems may be used, and the volume can span up to 32 hard disks.

Comparison Table :

Solution

RAID0

RAID1

RAID5

Hard Disks No.

Capacity

>=2

>=3

All

50%

N-1

RAID0+1

Span >=1 All

Performance Reliability

Highest

Read faster

Dangerous

Application

Look for speed

Excellent 100% Data backup

Good Limited budget

High Excellent Unlimited budget none Dangerous Big disk space

NVIDIA

MediaShield Driver

The NVIDIA ® MediaShield driver supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 0+1 functions. It allows you to get high performance with fault tolerance, big capacity, or data safety provided by different RAID functions.

Here, we will use four SATA hard disks as an example to guide you how to select your

RAID system. Assume four hard disks are connected to the motherboard :

SATA port 1 - WDC WD1200JD-98HBBO, 111.79GB

SATA port 2 - Hitachi HDT725025VLA, 232.88GB

SATA port 3 - HDS728080PLA380, 76.69GB

SATA port 4 - ST3320620AS, 298.09GB

The relationships between RAID settings and SATA ports on the motherboard are :

SATA Pri-Master RAID is the SATA port 1 of the motherboard.

SATA Pri-Slave RAID is the SATA port 2.

SATA Sec-Master RAID is the SATA port 3.

SATA Sec-Slave RAID is the SATA port 4.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

RAID Config

RAID Enable

SATA Pri-Master RAID

SATA Pri-Slave RAID

SATA Sec-Master RAID

SATA Sec-Slave RAID

[ Enabled

[Enabled]

]

[Enabled]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

In section 5-3 later, you will know the relationships between port numbers in the

MediaShield BIOS and SATA ports on the motherboard. We put their descriptions here for better arrangement. They are :

Port 1.1 is the SATA port 2 of the motherboard.

Port 1.0 is the SATA port 1.

Port 2.1 is the SATA port 4.

Port 2.0 is the SATA port 3.

Striping

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.1 ST3320620AS

232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

298.09GB

[-›] Add

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Two topics will be covered in the following sections :

1). Creating a Bootable Array Installing a new Windows XP in a brand new RAID system.

2). Creating a Non-Bootable Array - Existing Windows XP system with new RAID built as data storage.

Install SATA Hard Disks before we continue :

■ Shut down your computer.

■ Install SATA hard disks into the drive bays, connect all power and SATA cables.

R N IN G

To achieve the best performance and reliability, we highly recommend you using the hard disks with the same brand, size and model number. Though we are using four different hard disks as an example to describe RAID function in this chapter, it is only helpful in explaining what the final disk volume of the RAID array will be. In the real world, using the same model to build a disk array is strongly recommended.

5-1 Create two RAID Driver Diskettes

If you want to install a brand new Windows XP on a RAID system, you need to create two

RAID driver floppy diskettes which will be used during Windows XP installation later.

1. Find a PC, put a diskette into its floppy drive A:, this diskette will be formatted later.

Put the driver CD into its DVD-ROM drive.

2. Depending on which platform your XP system is, normally, it is a 32-bit system.

Use Windows explorer, and go to CD:\

Driver\NVIDIA\MCP61\Chipset\WinXP\

32bit\IDe\WinXP\sataraid\floppy\

Disk1 , click on RaidTool icon to start the creation.

3. Click "GO" to start.

4. Select the desired destination FDD drive.

It can be the default drive A: or any USB

FDD. Click "OK" to continue.

5. Insert a diskette, click "OK" to continue.

6. You can input a volume label for this diskette, click on "Start" to format.

7. Click on "OK" to go through this warning message.

8. Format finished. Click "OK", then click "Close" to continue copying of RAID driver into this diskette.

9. Check if the first diskette contains the driver files.

10. Go to CD:\Driver\NVIDIA\MCP61\

Chipset\WinXP\32bit\IDe\WinXP\ sataraid\floppy\Disk2 , click on

RaidTool icon to start the second RAID driver diskette creation. Repeat the steps from step 4 to step 9.

5-2 RAID enable in bIoS

1. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing [DEL] key when boot up.

2. Select the “Integrated Peripherals” from the “Main menu”, then select the “RAID

Config” menu and press [Enter] to go to the configuration items.

3. Enable RAID function and individual SATA port for hard drive or DVD connection.

4. Press [F10] to save the setting then PC will reboot itself.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

RAID Config

RAID Enable

SATA Pri-Master RAID

SATA Pri-Slave RAID

SATA Sec-Master RAID

SATA Sec-Slave RAID

[ Enabled

[Enabled]

] Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

5-3 Select a RAID Array for Use

When BIOS is restarted, it will display a message asking you to press [F10] key to enter the main menu of MediaShield BIOS. Press [F10], the screen appears.

At the bottom of each screen displayed, there is one line listing each key’s function, such as [Tab], [Enter], [ESC]...etc. It is helpful to make your choice easier.

Mirroring

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

MediaShield BIOS Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.1 ST3320620AS

232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

298.09GB

[-›] Add

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [Enter] Popup

Create RAID 0 (Striping)

1. Select " Striping" from the RAID Mode. The menu appears :

Striping

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.1 ST3320620AS

232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

298.09GB

[-›] Add

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

2. Select two hard disks to build our RAID0 system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add th e hard disks to the right drive panel.

Striping

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

1.1 Hitachi HDT725

2.1 ST3320620AS

MediaShield Utility Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

232.88GB

298.09GB

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

[-›] Add

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

4. The stripe value should be selected based on different applications. It ranges from

4KB to 128KB. Some suggested choices are :

16K - Best for sequential transfer.

64K - Good general purpose strip size.

128K - Best performance for most desktops and workstations.

Keep it at Optimal default value. Press [F7] to finish the setting. Press [Y] to clear disk data.

Striping

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

1.1 Hitachi HDT725

2.1 ST3320620AS

MediaShield Utility Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

232.88GB

298.09GB

[-›] Add

[Y] YES [N] NO

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

5. The screen displays a STRIPE array of 153.38GB, which is twice the size of the smallest hard disk. That is, 2*76.69GB = 153.38GB.

If you want to build a new Operating System (such as Windows XP) in this RAID system, please press [B] to select it as bootable.

You can then press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit the setup program, and restart your PC.

MediaShield Utility Apr 26 2007

- Array List -

Boot Status Vendor Array Model Name

No Healthy NVIDIA STRIPE 153.38G

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

6. In above screen, you also can press [Enter] to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system. Press [D] here allow you to delete previous settings, and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started.

Array 4 : NVIDIA STRIPE 153.38G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Striping

Striping Width : 2 Striping Block: 64K

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

1.0 0 WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 111.79G

2.0 1 HDS728080PLA380 76.69GB

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return

Create RAID 1 (Mirroring)

1. Select “ Mirroring ” from the RAID Mode.

Mirroring

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.1 ST3320620AS

232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

298.09GB

[-›] Add

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

2. Select two hard disks to build our RAID1 system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add the hard disks to the right drive panel.

MediaShield Utility Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Mirroring

Free Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

Array Disks

Port Disk Model

[-›] Add

1.1 Hitachi HDT725

2.1 ST3320620AS

Capacity

232.88GB

298.09GB

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

4. The stripe block value is fixed and not changeable.

Press [F7] to finish the setting.Press [Y] to clear disk data.

MediaShield Utility Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Mirroring

Free Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

Clear disk data?

1.1 Hitachi HDT725

[-›] Add

[Y] YES [N] NO

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.1 ST3320620AS

232.88GB

298.09GB

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

5. The screen displays a MIRROR array of 232.88GB, which is the size of the smallest hard disk. That is, 232.88GB.

If you want to build a new Operating System (such as Windows XP) in this RAID system, please press [B] to select it as bootable.

You can then press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit the setup program, and restart your PC.

MediaShield Utility Apr 26 2007

- Array List -

Boot Status Vendor Array Model Name

No Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 232.88G

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Array 4 : NVIDIA MIRROR 232.88G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Mirroring

Stripe Width : 1 Stripe Block: 64K

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

1.1 0 Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 232.88G

2.1 1 ST3320620AS 298.09G

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [ENTER] Return

Create RAID 0+1 (Stripe Mirroring)

1. Select “ Stripe Mirroring ” from the RAID Mode. The menu appears :

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Stripe Mirroring

Free Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

Array Disks

Port Disk Model

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.1 ST3320620AS

232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

298.09GB

[-›] Add

Capacity

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

2. Select four hard disks to build our RAID0+1 system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add the hard disks to the right drive panel.

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Stripe Mirroring

Free Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

[-›] Add

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

2.1 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

4. The stripe value should be selected based on different applications. It ranges from

4KB to 128KB. Some suggested choices are :

16K - Best for sequential transfer.

64K - Good general purpose strip size.

128K - Best performance for most desktops and workstations.

Keep it at Optimal default value. Press [F7] to finish the setting. Press [Y] to clear disk data.

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Stripe Mirroring

Free Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

Clear disk data?

[-›] Add

[Y] YES [N] NO

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

1.1 Hitachi HDT725

2.1 ST3320620AS

232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

298.09GB

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

5. The screen displays a RAID 0+1 array of 153.38GB, which is twice the size of the smallest hard disk. That is, 2*76.69= 153.38GB.

If you want to build a new Operating System (such as Windows XP) in this RAID system, please press [B] to select it as bootable.

You can then press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit the setup program, and restart your PC.

MediaShield BIOS Apr 26 2007

- Array List -

Boot Status Vendor Array Size

No Healthy NVIDIA RAID 0+1 153.38G

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Array 4 : NVIDIA RAID 0+1 153.38G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Striped Mirror

Stripe Width : 2 Stripe Block: 64K

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

1.1 0 Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 232.88G

2.0 1 HDS728080PLA380 76.69GB

2.1 2 ST3320620AS 298.09G

1.0 3 WDC WD1200JD-98HBB 111.79G

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [ENTER] Return

Create RAID 5

1. Select “ RAID5 ” from the RAID Mode.

The menu appears :

RAID 5

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.1 ST3320620AS

232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

298.09GB

[-›] Add

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

2. Select three SATA hard disks to build our RAID5 system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add the hard disks to the right drive panel.

RAID5

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

2.1 ST3320620AS

MediaShield BIOS Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

298.09GB

[-›] Add

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

1.1 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

4. The stripe value should be selected based on different applications. It ranges from

4KB to 128KB. Some suggested choices are :

16K - Best for sequential transfer.

64K - Good general purpose strip size.

128K - Best performance for most desktops and workstations.

Keep it at Optimal default value. Press [F7] to finish the setting. Press [Y] to clear disk data.

RAID5

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

2.1 ST3320620AS

MediaShield BIOS Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

298.09GB

[-›] Add

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

1.1 Hitachi HDT725

[Y] YES [N] NO

232.88GB

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

5. The screen displays a RAID5 array of 153.38GB, which is twice the size of the smallest hard disk. That is, 2*76.69= 153.38GB. Another hard disk is used for parity check.

If you want to build a new Operating System (such as Windows XP) in this RAID system, please press [B] to select it as bootable.

You can then press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit the setup program, and restart your PC.

MediaShield BIOS Apr 26 2007

- Array List -

Boot Status Vendor Array Size

No Healthy NVIDIA RAID5 153.38G

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Array 4 : NVIDIA RAID5 153.38G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: RAID5

Stripe Width : 2 Stripe Block: 64K

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

1.0 0 WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 111.79G

1.1 1 Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 232.88G

2.0 2 HDS728080PLA380 76.69GB

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [ENTER] Return

Create Spanning RAID

1. Select “ Spanning ” from the RAID Mode. The menu appears :

Spanning

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

2.1 ST3320620AS

232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

298.09GB

[-›] Add

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

2. Select three SATA hard disks to build our Spanned RAID system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add the hard disks to the right drive panel.

Spanning

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

2.1 ST3320620AS

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

298.09GB

[-›] Add

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

1.1 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

4. The stripe block value is fixed and not changeable.

Press [F7] to finish the setting. Press [Y] to clear disk data.

Spanning

Free Disks

Port Disk Model

2.1 ST3320620AS

MediaShield Utillity Apr 26 2007

- Define a New Array -

Capacity

Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity

[-›] Add

1.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

1.1 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

2.0 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

[Y] YES [N] NO

[‹-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

5. The screen displays a Spanned RAID array of 421.36GB, which is the total sizes of these three hard disks. That is, 111.79+76.69+232.88= 421.36GB. We recommend not setting it to bootable as it will be impossible to recover if crashed. You can then press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit the setup program, and restart your PC.

MediaShield BIOS Apr 26 2007

- Array List -

Boot Status Vendor Array Size

No Healthy NVIDIA JBOD 421.36G

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Array 4 : NVIDIA JBOD 421.36G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Spanning

Stripe Width : 3 Stripe Block: 64K

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

1.0 0 WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 111.79G

1.1 1 Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 232.88G

2.0 2 HDS728080PLA380 76.69GB

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [ENTER] Return

5-4

Creating a Bootable Array-

Install a New Windows XP

Assume a Mirrored array (232.88GB) was created as introduced in section 5-3, after the system restarts :

1. Press [DEL] to enter BIOS Setup during POST.

2. Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive.

3. Set the “First Boot Device” to “CDROM”, save changes and exit BIOS.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced BIOS Features

► Removable Device Priority

► Hard Disk Boot Priority

First Boot Device

Second Boot Device

Third Boot Device

Boot Other Device

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Boot Up NumLock Status

Security Option

Full Screen Logo Show

[Press Enter]

CDROM

Item Help

Menu Level ►

[Hard Disk] Select Your Boot

Device Priority [Removable]

[Enabled]

[Disabled]

[On]

[Setup]

[Enabled]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

4. The computer will reboot, and it will start installing Windows Operating System.

Watch the screen carefully, when the following picture appears, press [F6] key immediately. If you forgot to do this, PC will go to an fatal blue screen, and you may need to reboot the system again. PC may not respond to your [F6] input immediately, and it keeps loading files until the next screen displays.

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver.

5. After some files are copied to your system, the following picture appears, press [S] to continue the specific driver installation.

Windows Setup

Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices

installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter.

Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

<none>

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drivers, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for

which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device

manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional

mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

6. It will ask you to insert the RAID driver diskette 1 into your floppy drive. Press [Enter] after it is done.

Windows Setup

Please insert the disk labeled manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:

* Press ENTER when ready

Enter=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit

7. There are two drivers, all these two drivers must be installed. Press [Enter] to select the first driver - "NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)".

Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen.

NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)

NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

8. A confirmation message appears to double check if the driver is really what we wanted. As we need to install both two drivers, so we will press [S] again to select the second driver. It will ask you to insert the RAID driver diskette into your floppy drive again, press [Enter] to continue.

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drivers, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for

which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device

manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional

mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

9. Use [↓] key to select "NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)", then press

[Enter]. Still, The RAID floppy diskette 1 is inside the floppy drive.

Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen.

NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)

NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

10. Two drivers are displayed. Press [Enter] to continue.

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)

NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drivers, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for

which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device

manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional

mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

11. Windows will display the partition of your system. As we are using a Mirrored RAID array as an example, its size 232.88GB is now displayed as 238473MB. You can press [C] to create partitions as many as you wish, assign them C:, D: or E: logical drive names.

(Note : 238473MB/1024 = 232.88GB)

Windows XP Professional Setup

The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer.

Use the UP ad DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list.

● To set up Windows XP on the selected item, press ENTER.

● To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C.

● To delete the selected partitions, press D.

238473 MB Disk 0 at id 1 on bus 0 on nvrd32 [MBR]

Unpartitioned space 238473 MB

ENTER=Install C=Create Partition F3=Quit

12. In this example, we will create a 30GB partition C: and leave the remainding space as a partition E:. Drive D: is DVD drive. Press [Enter] to install Windows.

Windows XP Professional Setup

The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer.

Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list.

● To set up Windows XP on the selected item, press ENTER.

● To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C.

● To delete the selected partitions, press D.

238473 MB Disk 0 at id 1 on bus 0 on nvrd32 [MBR]

C: Partition1 [New (Raw)]

E: Partition2 [New (Raw)]

Unpartitioned space

29996 MB ( 29996 MB free)

208468 MB ( 208468 MB free)

8 MB

ENTER=Install D=Delete Partition F3=Quit

13. The Windows XP install processes will ask you to format your hard disk, select quick formatting using NTFS file system, press [ENTER].

Windows XP Professional Setup

The partition you selected is not formatted. Setup will now format the partition.

Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select the file system you want, and then press ENTER.

If you want to select a different partition for Windows XP, press ESC.

Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick)

Format the partition using the FAT file system (Quick)

Format the partition using the NTFS file system

Format the partition using the FAT file system

ENTER=Continue ESC=Cancel

14. After drive C: is formatted, Setup will copy files from RAID floppy diskette 1 to the

Windows installation folders, then ask you to insert the second RAID diskette.

Press [Enter] to continue when it is done.

Windows Setup

Insert the disk labeled :

NVIDIA RAID DRIVER (SCSI) disk 2 into drive A:

* Press ENTER when ready.

F3=Quit Enter=Continue

15. After Setup copies files from RAID floppy diskette 2 to the Windows installation folders, it then will ask you to insert the first RAID diskette into floppy drive again.

Press [Enter] to continue when it is done.

Windows Setup

Insert the disk labeled :

NVIDIA RAID DRIVER (SCSI) disk 1 into drive A:

* Press ENTER when ready.

F3=Quit Enter=Continue

16. Again, after Setup copies files from RAID floppy diskette 1 to the Windows installation folders, it then will ask you to insert the second RAID diskette into floppy drive. Press [Enter] to continue when it is done.

Windows Setup

Insert the disk labeled :

NVIDIA RAID DRIVER (SCSI) disk 2 into drive A:

* Press ENTER when ready.

F3=Quit Enter=Continue

17. Setup will be coping files to the RAID disk array to create your new Windows XP system. You can follow the normal procedures to complete the installations.

5-5 Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array

This section assumes the following setup :

■ Boot Disk with Windows XP installed :

One hard disk HDS728080PLAT20 (80GB) is connected to the IDE channel, and set to Master.

■ A Mirrored RAID Array Disk :

Two SATA hard disks are configured as a mirrored RAID1 array, they are :

Hitachi HDT725025VLA, (232.88GB) connected to SATA port2 of the motherboard.

Segate ST3320620AS, (298.09GB) connected to SATA port4.

■ A SATA DVD Drive :

A DVD drive connected to SATA port1.

R N IN G

To achieve the best performance and reliability, we highly recommend you using the hard disks with the same brand, size and model number. Though we are using different brand of hard disks as an example here, the purpose is only for easy understanding.

1. Reboot your system, and go to "RAID Enable" menu.

Enable the RAID function together with the SATA ports which have the hard disks and DVD drive connected. Press [F10] to save the settings and reboot.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

RAID Config

RAID Enable

SATA Pri-Master RAID

SATA Pri-Slave RAID

SATA Sec-Master RAID

SATA Sec-Slave RAID

[ Enabled

[Enabled]

] Item Help

Menu Level ►

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

2. Select a RAID array for use (also can refer to section 5-3)

After rebooting your computer, you will see the RAID software prompting you to press [F10].

Press [F10] to enter the NVIDIA MediaShield BIOS setup and configure the mirrored

RAID array as described in the 5-3 section. Finally, you can reach this step as depicted.

MediaShield Utility Apr 26 2007

- Array List -

Boot Status Vendor Array Model Name

No Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 232.88G

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

3. Press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit and go to Windows.

4. In Windows, click "Cancel" to skip any "Found New Hardware Wizard".

Use driver CD and click on "NVIDIA MCP61 Chipset Driver" to inst all the NVIDIA

RAID driver. The RAID driver can be installed only when you select [Enable] in BIOS

"RAID Enable" setting. If you do not select [Enabled], then RAID driver can not be installed.

5. The installation of driver may take a while, after the NVIDIA driver is installed, it will ask you to click "Finish" to restart your computer.

6. When Windows starts, a "Found New Hardware Wizard" appears. Click on "Cancel" to ignore it.

7. After PC starts, the RAID array is now ready to be initialized under Windows.

Launch Computer Management by clicking Start -> Settings -> Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management.

Click Disk Management (under the Storage section).

The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears. Click "Next" to continue.

The RAID array is named as Disk1 and its status is unknown and not Initialized.

8. A "Select Disks to Initialize" window will appear. The disks listed depend on how many arrays you have configured. Select "Disk1" and click "Next" to continue.

9. When "Select Disks to Convert" window appears, do not select anything and click

"Next" to continue.

10. When the "Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard" window appears, click "Finish" to complete the wizard.

11. The Computer Management window appears. The actual disks listed will depend on your system. In below figure, you can see there is a 232.88 GB unallocated partition. You must format the unallocated disk space before using it.

Right click "Unallocated space", select "New Partition…" and follow the Wizard instructions.

12. When "New Partition Wizard" appears, click "Next" to continue.

13. When "Primary partition" screen appears, click "Next" to continue.

14. When "Specify Partition Size" screen appears, click "Next" to continue.

15. When "Assign Drive Letter or Path" screen appears, click "Next" to continue.

16. Click "Finish" to end the "New Partition Wizard".

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17. The format of disk array (Disk1) is in processing.

18. Format completed, now you can start using your RAID array.

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Key features

AMD Socket AM3/AM2+ CPU Support
Dual Channel DDR2 Memory
Multiple Expansion Slots (PCIe, PCI)
SATA Connectors with Hot Plug and NCQ
USB 2.0 Ports
High Definition Audio
Integrated LAN
BIOS Setup and Overclocking Features
Bundled Software (FOX ONE, LiveUpdate)

Frequently asked questions

Power on the computer and press the [DEL] key when the message "Press [DEL] to enter Setup..." appears.

The motherboard supports up to 8 USB 2.0 ports (4 rear panel ports, 2 onboard headers supporting 4 extra ports).

This motherboard supports 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets, with dual-channel DDR2 1066*/800/667/533MHz architecture.

The Clear CMOS Jumper is used to reset the BIOS settings back to factory defaults.

This motherboard supports AMD socket AM3/ AM2+ PhenomTM series processors, and AMD socket AM2 series processors: AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core/ AthlonTM 64/ SempronTM series.

You can use the Super BIOS Protect function which protects your BIOS from being affected by viruses.

Declaration of conformity

Declaration of conformity

Installation Precautions

TAble of CoNTeNTS

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

Chapter 2 Hardware Install

Chapter 3 bIoS Setup

Chapter 4 CD Instruction

Chapter 5 RAID Configuration

Technical Support :

Support

Website :

Support Website :

Worldwide online contact Support :

CPU Support list :

Memory, VGA Compatibility list :

1-1 Product Specifications

1-2 layout

1-3 back Panel Connectors

2-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler

Install the CPU

Install the CPU Cooler

2-2 Install the Memory

Dual Channel Memory Configuration

Installing a Memory

2-3 Install an expansion Card

2-4 Install other Internal Connectors

2-5 Jumpers

enter bIoS Setup

Main Menu

System Information

fox Central Control Unit

Smart bIoS

Fox Intelligent Overclock

Memory Timing Setting

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

OnChip IDE Devices

RAID Config

OnBoard Devices

SuperIO Devices

USB Devices

Power Management Setup

PC Health Status

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Utility CD content

Install driver and utility

foX oNe

Using FOX ONE :

1. Main Page

2. CPU Page - CPU Control

3. Frequency Page - Frequency Control

4. Limit Setting

5. Voltage Page - Voltage Control (Optional)

6. Fan Page - Fan Control

FOX LiveUpdate

Using FOX LiveUpdate :

1. local Update

2. online Update

3. Configure

4. About & Help

foX loGo

Using FOX LOGO:

Main Page

foX DMI

Using FOX DMI:

Creating a Bootable Array -

Creating a Non-Bootable Array -

RAID Configuration Introduction

NVIDIA

MediaShield Driver

5-1 Create two RAID Driver Diskettes

5-2 RAID enable in bIoS

5-3 Select a RAID Array for Use

5-4