User manual ASUS K8N4-E DELUXE

[. . . ] K8N4-E Deluxe Motherboard E2009 Revision Edition V2 March 2005 Copyright © 2005 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] If you accidentally make unwanted changes to any of the fields, use the set default hot key <F5> to load the Setup default values. While moving around through the Setup program, note that explanations appear in the Item Specific Help window located to the right of each menu. This window displays the help text for the currently highlighted field. ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 4-13 4. 3 Main Menu When you enter the Setup program, the following screen appears. System Time System Date Language Legacy Diskette A Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave First SATA Master Second SATA Master Third SATA Master Fourth SATA Master HDD SMART Monitoring Installed Memory 17:8:12 Wed, Jan 5 2005 [English] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [ST320410A] [ASUS CD--S520/] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [Disabled] [256MB] Select Menu Item Specific Help Change the internal clock. 4. 3. 1 System Time [xx:xx:xx] Sets the system to the time that you specify (usually the current time). Valid values for hour, minute and second are Hour: (00 to 23), Minute: (00 to 59), Second: (00 to 59). Use the <Tab> key to move between the hour, minute, and second fields. 4. 3. 2 System Date [xx/xx/xxxx] Sets the system to the date that you specify (usually the current date). Valid values for month, day, and year are Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 31), Year: (up to 2084). Use the <Tab> key to move between the month, day, and year fields. 4. 3. 3 Language [English] Allows you to select the language. Configuration options: [English] [French] [Deutsch] 4. 3. 4 Legacy Diskette A [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] Sets the type of floppy drive installed. Configuration options: [Disabled] [360K, 5. 25 in. ] [1. 2M , 5. 25 in. ] [720K , 3. 5 in. ] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [2. 88M, 3. 5 in. ] 4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 3. 5 HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled] Enables or disables Hard Disk SMART capability support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4. 3. 6 Installed Memory [xxx MB] This field automatically displays the amount of conventional memory detected by the system during the boot process. 4. 3. 7 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave Primary IDE Master PIO Mode UDMA Mode Primary IDE Master Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Sector Transfer Mode [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] 20021 MB 38792 16 63 UDMA 5 Select Menu Item Specific Help Set a PIO Mode for the IDE device. Mode0 through 4 successive increase in performance. PIO Mode [Auto] This option lets you set a PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode for the IDE device. Configuration options: [Auto] [Mode 0] [Mode 1] [Mode 2] [Mode 3] [Mode 4] UDMA Mode [Auto] Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for compatible IDE devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 4-15 Primary IDE Master [Auto] Select [Auto] to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. If automatic detection is successful, Setup automatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub-menu. If automatic detection fails, this may be because the hard disk drive is too old or too new. If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system, Setup may detect incorrect parameters. In these cases, select [Manual] to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters. Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual] Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk. Access Mode [Auto] This item allows the user to select the sector addressing mode. LBA (logical block addressing) mode supports hard disks up to 128 GB in size. Large mode (also called extended CHS mode) supports hard disks above 528 MB in size, but does not support LBA mode. Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto] Capacity Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. [. . . ] From the Silicon Image configuration utility main menu, select Create RAID set then press <Enter>. The following sub-menu appears. MAIN MENU Create RAID set Delete RAID set Rebuild Raid1 set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 SPARE DRIVE RAID10 SPARE DRIVE JBOD 2. Select R A I D 1 0 then press <Enter> to display the following. MAIN MENU Auto configuration Manual configuration 3. Select your desired method of configuration. The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up or down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press <Enter>. Press <Y> to confirm or <N> to return to the Main Menu. Auto-configuration creates a RAID 10 set without a backup copy of the current source disk data. Manual configuration a. [. . . ]