User manual ASUS P5VD2-X

[. . . ] Motherboard P5VD2-X E2919 Second Edition V2 November 2006 Copyright © 2006 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. [. . . ] Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS setup 2 2-1 ASUS P5VD2-X 2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment. ) ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or a USB flash disk. ) 3. 4. Award BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk. ) ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted. ) Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities. Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or Award BIOS Flash utilities. 2. 1. 1 ASUS Update utility The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in Windows® environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you to: · · Save the current BIOS file Download the latest BIOS file from the Internet Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS file View the BIOS version information. Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and · · · This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard package. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The Drivers menu appears. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX. XX. XX. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system. Quit all Windows® applications before you update the BIOS using this utility. 2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS setup Updating the BIOS through the Internet To update the BIOS through the Internet: 1. Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows® desktop by clicking Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate. The ASUS Update main window appears. 2. Select Update BIOS from the Internet option from the drop-down menu, then click Next. 3. Select the ASUS FTP site nearest you to avoid network traffic, or click Auto Select. 5. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you wish to download. Follow the screen instructions to complete the update process. The ASUS Update utility is capable of updating itself through the Internet. Always update the utility to avail all its features. Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file To update the BIOS through a BIOS file: 1. Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows® desktop by clicking Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate. Select Update BIOS from a file option from the drop-down menu, then click Next. 3. Follow the screen instructions to complete the update process. 2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 2. 1. 2 1. Creating a bootable floppy disk a. Insert a 1. 44MB floppy disk into the drive. Windows® XP environment DOS environment Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. b. Click Start from the Windows® desktop, then select My Computer. d. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk window appears. Windows® 2000 environment e. Windows® XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field, then click Start. In the Open field, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: assuming that D is your optical drive letter. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk. 2. ASUS P5VD2-X 2-5 2. 1. 3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility The ASUS EZ Flash 2 feature allows you to update the BIOS without having to go through the long process of booting from a floppy disk and using a DOS-based utility. [. . . ] Press <Y> to confirm; otherwise, press <N>. JMicron Technology Corp. PCI-to-SATA II/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v0. 97 [CreateNewRAID] Name:JRAID Level:0-Stripe Disks:SelectDisk Block:128KB Size:319GB Confirm Creation [RAIDDiskDriveList] [HardDiskDriveList] ModelName Capacity HDD0: HDS722516VLSA80 164GB HDD1: HDS722516DLA380 164GB Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID CreateRAIDontheselectedHDD(Y/N)?Y [ TAB]-SwitchWindow []-SelectItem [ENTER]-Action[ESC]-Exit Pressing <Y> deletes all the data in the HDDs. 6. The following screen appears, displaying the relevant information about the RAID set you created. [RAIDDiskDriveList] ModelName RAIDLevel Capacity Status Members(HDDx) RDD0: JRAID 0-Stripe XXXGB Normal 01 ASUS P5VD2-X 3-15 Deleting a RAID set 1. In the main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu, highlight Delete RAID Disk Drive using the up/down arrow key then press <Enter>. [MainMenu] CreateRAIDDiskDrive DeleteRAIDDiskDrive RevertHDDtoNon-RAID Repair Mirror Conflict SaveandExitSetup ExitWithoutSaving 2. Use the space bar to select the RAID set you want to delete. Press the <Del> key to delete the 3. A dialogue box appears to confirm the action. [. . . ]