User manual ASUS K8V

[. . . ] K8V User Guide Motherboard E1529 Checklist First Edition February 2004 Copyright © 2004 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. 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. 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. [. . . ] Configuration options: [16 BIT] [8 BIT] HT DATA Width (Downstream) [16 BIT] Allows selection of HyperTransport downstream data width. Configuration options: [16 BIT] [8 BIT] Memory Configuration Memory Configuration Memory Configuration ECC Configuration Memory Configuration The Memory configuration menu item allows you to change the memory settings. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the sub-menu. Memory Configuration Memclock Mode Bank Interleaving CAS Latency (CL) TRC TRFC TRCD TWR TRWT TRAS TRP DDR Clock Delay 2T Command [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] MEMCLK can be set by the code using AUTO, or if you use LIMIT, you can set one of the standard values. Memclock Mode [ Auto] Allows you to set the memory clock mode. Set by the code using [Auto] or select [Manual] to set using one of the standard values. Configuration options: [Auto] [Limit] ASUS K8V motherboard 2-15 Memclock to CPU Ratio [1:1 (DDR 200)] Sets the memory clock to CPU ratio. Configuration options: [1:1 (DDR 200)] [4:3 (DDR 266)] [3:2] [5:3 (DDR 333)] [2:1 (DDR 400)] Bank Interleaving [ Auto] Sets whether to allow memory accesses to be spread out over BANKS on the same node or across nodes, decreasing access contention. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] CAS Latency (CL) [Auto] Sets the CAS Latency. Configuration options: [Auto] [2. 0] [3. 0] [2. 5] TRC [Auto] Sets the TRC. Configuration options: [Auto] [7 CLK] [8 CLK] [9 CLK] [10 CLK] [11 CLK] [12 CLK] [13 CLK] TRFC [Auto] Sets the TRFC. Configuration options: [Auto] [9 CLK] [10 CLK] [11 CLK] [12 CLK] [13 CLK] [14 CLK] [15 CLK] TRCD [Auto] Sets the TRCD. Configuration options: [Auto] [2 CLK] [3 CLK] [4 CLK] [5 CLK] [6 CLK] TWR [Auto] Sets the TWR. Configuration options: [Auto] [2 CLK] [3 CLK] TRWT [Auto] This item sets the TRWT. Configuration options: [Auto] [1 CLK] [2 CLK] [3 CLK] [4 CLK] [5 CLK] [6 CLK] TRAS [Auto] This item sets the TRAS. Configuration options: [Auto] [5 CLK] [6 CLK] [7 CLK] [8 CLK] [9 CLK] [10 CLK] [11 CLK] [12 CLK] [13 CLK] [14 CLK] [15 CLK] TRP [Auto] Sets the TRP. Configuration options: [Auto] [2 CLK] [3 CLK] [4 CLK] [5 CLK] [6 CLK] 2-16 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup DDR Clock Delay [Auto] Sets the DDR clock delay. Configuration options: [Auto] [1 CLK] [2 CLK] [3 CLK] [4 CLK] [5 CLK] [6 CLK] 2T Command [Auto] Sets the 2T command clock. Configuration options: [Auto] [1 CLK] [2 CLK] [3 CLK] [4 CLK] [5 CLK] [6 CLK] ECC Configuration ECC Configuration Master ECC Enable [Disabled] Master ECC Enables support on all nodes for ECC error detect and correction. Master ECC Enable [Disabled] Enables or disables support on all nodes for ECC error detect and correction. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following items appear only when the Master ECC Enable item is set to [Enabled]. DRAM ECC Enable [Disabled] Enables or disables the DRAM ECC that allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatically to maintain system integrity. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] L2 Cache BG Scrub [Disabled] Disables or sets the L2 data cache RAM to be corrected when idle. Configuration options: [Disabled] [40ns] [80ns] [160ns] [320ns] [640ns] [1. 28us] [2. 56us] [5. 12us] [10. 2us] [20. 5us] [41. 0us] [81. 9us] [163. 8us] [327. 7us] [655. 4us] [1. 31ms] [2. 62ms] [5. 24ms] [10. 49ms] [20. 97ms] [42. 00ms] [84. 00ms] Data Cache BG Scrub [Disabled] Disables or sets the L1 data cache RAM to be corrected when idle. Configuration options: [Disabled] [40ns] [80ns] [160ns] [320ns] [640ns] [1. 28us] [2. 56us] [5. 12us] [10. 2us] [20. 5us] [41. 0us] [81. 9us] [163. 8us] [327. 7us] [655. 4us] [1. 31ms] [2. 62ms] [5. 24ms] [10. 49ms] [20. 97ms] [42. 00ms] [84. 00ms] ASUS K8V motherboard 2-17 The following items appear only when the DRAM ECC Enable item is set to [Enabled]. DRAM BG Scrub [60ns] Disables or sets the DRAM scrubbing functionality that corrects and rewrites memory errors so later reads are correct. Configuration options: [Disabled] [40ns] [80ns] [160ns] [320ns] [640ns] [1. 28us] [2. 56us] [5. 12us] [10. 2us] [20. 5us] [41. 0us] [81. 9us] [163. 8us] [327. 7us] [655. 4us] [1. 31ms] [2. 62ms] [5. 24ms] [10. 49ms] [20. 97ms] [42. 00ms] [84. 00ms] DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT [Disabled] Sets the system to correct DRAM ECC errors immediately when they occur, even if background scrubbing is on. [. . . ] Controller Configuration (6): This command shows the default for Controller Configuration. The default value is [Enabled]. ASUS K8V motherboard 3-19 3. 6 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the Promise® SATA 376 or FastTrak 376 driver is required when installing Windows® XP/2000 operating system. Insert the motherboard support CD into the CD-ROM drive and locate the Makedisk. exe utility for your RAID controller. The Makedisk. exe utility for the FastTrak 378 driver is located in "\Drivers\Promise\378RAID\Makedisk. exe" of the motherboard support CD. [. . . ]