User’s Manual nVIDIA nForce 4 SLi / nForce4 4X mainboard for nForce4 AMD Soc ket 754 based Athlon 64 pr ocessor Sock processor TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. These specifications are subject to change without notice. 60000028GSL10 Manual Revision 1.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS; INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
Post Port Frequently Asked Questions Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix C in this manual. P O ST C O D E P r o bl e m So l uti o n FFh o r CFh 1 .B IO S c hip inse rte d 1 . Re inse rt the B IO S inc o rre c tly c hip 2 . Inc o rre c t BIO S update ve rsio n 2 . D o wnlo ad the c o rre c t BIO S ve rsio n update 3 . M ainbo ard pro ble m 4 . Add-o n c ard inse rte d inc o rre c tly.
Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Package Contents ...................................................... 1- 1 Mainboard Features ................................................... 1- 2 System Block Diagram ............................................... 1- 5 Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification ............................................ 2- 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Layout ..................................................... 3- 1 Easy Installation Procedure ........
Supervisor/User Password Setting ........................... 4-23 Exit Selecting .............................................................. 4- 24 Section 5 RAID Configuration Introduction ............................................................... 5- 1 NVidia RAID Features ................................................. 5- 3 Enable RAID Function ............................................... 5- 4 Section 6 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation ..........................................
Page Left Blank vi
Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 Package Contents Contents A. Mainboard F. I/O Shield B. User’s manual G. S-ATA data and power cable C. Floppy drive cable H. SLI bridge D. HDD drive cable I. Extra USB2.0 port cable E.
Introduction 1-2 Mainboard Features Brief Introduction AthlonTM 64 Processor The AMD AthlonTM 64 processor family is designed to support performance desktop. It provides a high performance HyperTransportTM link to I/O, as well as a single 64-bit high-performance DDR memory controller. For more information about all the new features AthlonTM Processor deliver, check out the AMD website at http://www.amd.
Introduction Serial ATA (Supported in the NVIDIA nForce 4 4X chipset) Support Serial ATA, an evolutionary replacement for Parallel ATA IDE storage interface. Increases the peak data transfer speed up to 150MB/sec and allows future enhancements to the computing platform. Serial ATA II (Supported in the NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI chipset) S-ATA II is the second generation SATA interface with double the transferring speed up to 300MB/sec. It supports NCQ to provide faster reading speed for your storage devices.
Introduction Special Features BIOS Features: & Magic Health Reports your system hardware status for every boot-up to help detect faults early. Monitor hardware status including CPU temperature, CPU/Memory/ Chipset voltage, fan RPM speed for chassis fan, CPU fan & Power supply fan. & EZ-Boot Simply press “ESC” to select your bootable device. No more hassle to search the BIOS menu, change and re-start. & PowerBIOS Supporting a full range of overclocking setting via BIOS.
Introduction 1-3 System Block Diagram Page 1-5
Introduction Page 1-6
Specification Section 2 SPECIFICATION Mainboard Specification Processor Support Socket-754 based AMD Athlon 64/Sempron up to 3700+ with 1.6GTs Hyper Transport processors Chipset nVidia nForce4 SLi / nForce4 4X Chipset Main Memory Two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets Support single-sided or double-sided 2.5v DDR-266/333/400 DIMMs in 128/256/512Mb technologies Supports up to 2GB memory size Expansion Slot Two PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.
Specification LAN 1Gbps Fast Ethernet with onboard Vitesse VSC8201 LAN chip - nVidia Fireware - nVidia ActiveArmor Secure Network Engine (Optional) Audio Onboard Realtek ALC-655 selectable 2 or 6-CH audio CODEC (AC97 v2.
Specification One S/PDIF-Out Coaxial jack One Serial port One RJ45 LAN connector Four USB2.0 ports Three Audio jacks ) Onboard connector and pin-header One floppy drive connector Two ATA-100/133 IDE connector Six extra USB2.
Specification - Support BIOS adjustable CPU Core voltage, Chipset voltage , DIMM voltage settings Form Factor 305mm x 225 mm ATX size Page 2-4
Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Mainboard Layout Page 3-1
Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. CPU Installation 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System Memory 3-4. VGA Card Installation 3-5. Device Connectors 3-1 CPU Installation Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever. Step 2 Align pin 1 on the CPU with pin 1 on the CPU socket and gently insert the CPU. The CPU is keyed to prevent incorrect insertion. Do not force the processor into the socket.
Installation Step 3 Step 4 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. Apply thermal compound to the top of the CPU. Insert the heatsink as shown above. Press the clips in the direction of the arrows shown in Figure 4 to secure the assembly to the CPU socket. Step 5 Plug the CPU fan power into the mainboard’s CPU fan connector. The installation is complete.
Installation 3-2 Jumper Settings JCMOS: Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password, clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS. Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS To CMOS Clear data, please follow the steps below. 1. Turn off the system. 2. Change the jumper from “1-2” to “2-3” position for a few seconds. 3. Replace the jumper back to the “1-2” position. 4.
Installation 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The mainboard accommodates two PC2100/PC2700/PC3200 184-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Modules): • Supports up to 2.0GB of 266/333/400MHz DDR SDRAM. • Supports unbuffered DIMM configurations defined in JEDEC DDR DIMM specification.
Installation 3-4 VGA Card Installation Important: Please read through the instruction below before you start installing the VGA card. To install a single VGA card in Single Mode, insert the VGA into the "Primary" VGA slot. (labeled on the board) In Single mode the “Secondary” VGA slot will become inactive. When installing the VGA card, make sure the card edge connector is fully inserted into the slot and the clicker is locked properly.
Installation D E For SLI Mode, as "SLi Bridge" card (D) must be installed to the golden fingers (E) on the top of both VGA cards in order to link the cards together. For a single VGA in Single Mode, the "SLi Bridge" card is not necessary. After installing VGA driver, enable the Multi-Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nView properties as shown below.
Installation 3-5 Device Connectors The I/O back panel for this mainboard is shown below. When installing the mainboard into the computer case, use the bundled I/O shield to protect this back panel. RJ45 LAN Parallel Port Line-in/Rear out (Light Blue) PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Line-out/Front out (Lime) Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink) S/PDIF-out Coaxial Jack COM1 USB2.
Installation FDD: Floppy Controller Connector This connects to the floppy disk drive. IDE2 IDE1 IDE1/IDE2:Ultra DMA-100/133 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector This mainboard is equipped with 2 IDE connectors to support up to 4 ATA-100/133 IDE drives. It supports PIO and DMA mode operations for maximum data transfer rate of 133MB/sec per channel. FDD 34 33 1 2 40 2 FDD When using two IDE drives on the same 39 connector, one must be set to Master mode and the other to Slave mode.
Installation CFPA: Front Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connector can be used for front panel audio. The front panel phone jack should have “normal close” switch. Without phone plug inserted, the rear panel audio is enabled. With phone plug inserted, the rear panel audio will be disabled. 2 1 MIC_In GND Settings: Front Line-out-R Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Short (default): Only the onboard rear panel audio Rear Line-out-FR jack can be used.
Installation CP80P: Post Port Debug LED Provides two-digit POST code to show why the system fail to boot. Allows quick and easy optimization. Post Port Debug 7-segment LED display (Refer to Appendix C for POST codes) EZ-Button — RESET, PW-ON: These onboard buttons lets you turn on/off the system easily, it is especially handy for debugging or testing the system. RESET PW-ON CUSB3/CUSB4/CUSB5: Six USB 2.0 ports This mainboard includes additional USB2.0 ports, identified by 10-pin connector.
Installation CFP: Front Panel Connector HD_LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed. PWR_LED This connects to the power button of the system chassis CFP RST This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system. PW_ON This is connected to the power button on the case. To use the Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN feature, refer to the Power Management Setup in the BIOS setup section of this manual.
Installation 3-6 Power-On/Off (Remote) This board has a 24-pin ATX and a 4-pin ATX12V power supply connector to support power supplies with Remote On/Off feature. The 4-pin ATX12V connector must be plugged in for the system to operate safely. The chassis power button should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON header.
Installation Page 3-14
BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data is stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or a device is added.
BIOS The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction (arrow key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function. When a selection is made, the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters.
BIOS 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer’s default values for the board. Pressing the [F1] key displays a help message for the selected item. Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup Removable Device Priority This item allows you to select the hard disk boot priority. Options: Floppy, LS120, ZIP100, USB-FDD0, USB-FDD1, USB-ZIP0, USBZIP1.
BIOS Init Display First This item is used to select whether to initialize the PCI-E or PCI first when the system boots. Options: PCI Slot, PCIEx. Virus Warning During and after system boot up, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive halts the system and an error message appears. You should then run an anti-virus program to locate the virus. Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector, not the entire hard drive.
BIOS Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup. System: The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt. Setup: The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt. APIC Mode This item allows you to enable APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) functionality. Options: Enabled, Disabled. HDD S.M.A.R.T.
BIOS 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the “ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup HT Frequency This item allows you select the Hyper Transport Frequency. Options: 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x. (1x-->200MHz, 2x-->400MHz, 3x-->600MHz, 4x--> 800MHz, 5x-->1000MHz) CPU Spread Spectrum This option reduces the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) generated by the CPU. Options: Disabled, Center Spread.
BIOS DRAM Configuration Scroll to DRAM Configuration and press . The following screen appears: 1T/2T Memory Timing For setting DRAM command rate timing. Options: Auto, 1T, 2T. CAS# Latency (Tcl) Enables you to select the CAS latency time. The value is set at the factory depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM. Options: Auto, 2.0, 2.5, 3.
BIOS Row cycle time (Trc) This field specifies the Row Cycle Time. RAS# active to RAS# active or auto refresh of the same bank. Options: Auto, 7T ~ 21T. Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) This field specifies the Row Refresh Cycle Time. Auto-refresh active to RAS# or RAS# to auto refresh. Options: Auto, 9T ~ 23T. Row to Row delay (Trrd) This field specifies the Row to Row delay of different banks. Options: Auto, 2T ~ 4T. Write recovery time (Twr) This bits specifies the Write Recovery Time.
BIOS Async Latency Value Options: Auto, 1ns ~ 15ns. IdleCycle Limit Options: Auto, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256. Dynamic IdleCycle Counter Options: Auto, Disabled, Enabled. R/W Queue Bypass Count Options: Auto, 2, 4, 8, 16. Bypass Max Options: Auto, 0 ~ 7. DQS Skew Control Options: Auto, Increase, Decrease.
BIOS 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals nVidia RAID Boot ROM Set this to enabled to setup RAID for drives connected to nVidia chipset. Options: Enabled, Disabled. nVidia Lan PXE Boot ROM Enables/disable the onboard nVidia Lan PXE Boot ROM for booting from LAN. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS Chipset IDE Devices Scroll to Chipset IDE Devices and press . The following screen appears: Delay For HDD (Secs) This item allows you to set longer time stand by before system Scan HDD at post screen. Some HDD may need a longer stand by time before it can be detected. Options: 0 ~ 15. OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The mainboard supports two channel of ordinary IDE interface and one channel of serial ATA interface. Select “Enabled” to activate each channel separately.
BIOS Onboard Device Scroll to Onboard Device and press . The following screen appears: Onchip USB Enables the USB controller. Options: Disabled, V1.1+V2.0, V1.1. USB Memory Select used memory space to record USB device information Options: Base memory, Shadow memory. USB Mouse Support Enable/Disable support for USB mouse under DOS. Options: Enabled, Disabled. AC97 Audio This item allows you disable the chipset on-chip AC97 Audio. Options: Auto, Disabled.
BIOS Legacy Devices Scroll to Legacy Devices and press . The following screen appears: Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller (FDC). If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select “Disabled “in this field. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port. Options: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.
BIOS 4-5 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’s absolutely necessary. Figure 6: Power Management HDD Power Down Powers down the hard disk drive after a preset period of system inactivity. Options: Disabled, 1min ~ 15min. Soft-Off by PBTN Use this to select your soft-off function.
BIOS WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off When enabled, NV LAN activity awakens the system from soft-off state. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Power-On by Alarm When set to Enable alarm resume, you can set the date (of month) and time (hh: mm:ss), that will awaken a system which has been powered down. Options: Enabled, Disabled. POWER ON Function Enables computer power on by the keypress activity. Options: Disabled, Any key, Mouse, Both (Any key+Mouse).
BIOS Resources Controlled By Determines what controls system PNP/PCI resources. The default is Auto (ESCD). Manual: PNP Card’s resources are controlled manually. The “IRQ Resources” field becomes available and you can set which IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI and onboard devices. Auto: BIOS assigns the interrupt resource automatically. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that may be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS 4-7 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST (Power On Self Test). Options: Enabled, Disabled. Current System /CPU Temperature Displays the current system /CPU temperature. Current CPU/Chassis/Power FAN Speed Displays the current speed of the CPU, system, and power fan speed in RPMs. DIMM (V) The voltage level of the DRAM. Chipset (V) The voltage level of the Chipset.
BIOS 5VSB The voltage level of the 5V Standby. 3VSB The voltage level of the 3V Standby. Battery (V) The voltage level of the battery. ACPI Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system. (requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Management BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system.) The default is Disabled. Options available are 60oC/140oF to 75oC/167oF in increments of 5oC.
BIOS Smart Fan example: Only need to set the items in gray. The system will automatically calculate intermediate temperature Temp LM and Temp MH and the corresponding Duty LM and Duty MH. How effective Smart CPU Fan is will depend on fan design. Most fans have built-in thermistor and may self adjust its speed. Some fans have very limited duty cycle range open to fan control. For best results use the bundled Thunder Probe Software to tune your fan.
BIOS 4-8 POWER BIOS Features This page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance for overclocking. Warning: Overclocking requires expert knowledge and risks permanent damage to system components. We recommend you leave these parameters at their default values for proper operation. Figure 9: Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Frequency Enables you to increment the CPU’s clock generator at 1 MHz step. This works together with CPU Clock Ratio (below) to set the CPU operating frequency.
BIOS PCIE Clock Enables you to subtle tune the PCIE frequency at increments of 1MHz step. Options: 100 to 145 in 1MHz increments. AMD K8 Cool’n’Quiet Reduce the noise and heat from you PC when AMD’s Cool’n’QuietTM technology is enabled. Options: Enabled, Disabled. CPU Ratio Control This item allows you to enable the CPU clock ratio control. Choose “Enabled” to key in a CPU clock Ratio in the next selection. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press on this item you get a confirmation dialog box: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations.
BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus. supervisor password: menus. user password: full rights to enter and change options of the setup only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
BIOS 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Pressing on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again.
RAID Configuration Section 5 RAID CONFIGURATION Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on RAID-related background knowledge and a general procedure to setup RAID system on this mainboard. RAID Basics RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit known as a RAID array. The advantage of RAID is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance.
RAID Configuration RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB. 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.
RAID Configuration nVidia RAID Features The nVidia RAID solution uses the nForce4 series chip as a RAID controller, which is a 4-channel S-ATA solution. Listed below are the main features and benefits of nVidia RAID: • Support four S-ATA hard disk drives. • Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB (48-bits LBA). • Supports RAID 0, 1, JBOD, 0+1 • Free Disk and Dedicated Spare Disk A Free Disk or Dedicated Disk can be automatically used in case one drive of a mirrored array fails.
RAID Configuration Enable RAID Function For any RAID controller, the general procedure to enable RAID function are shown below: Note: If you are not installing O/S into the RAID disks, you may skip Step 3 & Step 4. Step 1: Enable RAID ROM The system BIOS may disable all RAID function by default. To enable any RAID controller you must enable its RAID Boot ROM. Enter the BIOS CMOS Setup and jump to Integrated Peripherals Page. Select the controller’s Boot ROM and set it to Enabled.
RAID Configuration Step 2: Create RAID Array RAID arrays are created using the RAID controller’s BIOS Boot ROM utility. NVIDIA nForce4 SLi / nForce4 4X Power-on the system and wait for the RAID BIOS Setting utility message on the screen. Press the ”F10” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility. Refer to Appendix B-1 for details about creating RAID array using this utility. After the RAID array is created, press “F10” to exit. Step 3: Prepare driver floppy When installing Windows XP/2000/NT4.
RAID Configuration 2. A main menu screen will appear (Autorun feature) 3. Select the page “RAID floppy” 4. Insert a blank floppy into the A:drive 5. Click on the required driver to begin copy into the floppy Step 4: Install O/S into RAID disk Proceed to install Windows XP/2000/NT4.0. When installing the O/S from CD, press so that it will request for RAID driver. Insert the floppy created earlier in Step 3.
Driver Installation Section 6 DRIVER INSTALLATION Easy Driver Installation Once the operating system has been installed, you need to install the drivers for the mainboard. Please select: Method 1 Auto Installation Method 2 Manual Installation Please install SP1 for Windows XP before installing nForce driver >> nVIDIA nForce Driver >> USB 2.0 Driver >> AC’97 AUDIO Driver >> AMD Athlon 64 / AMD Sempron Series Processor Driver Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM and the main menu screen will appear.
Driver Installation Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system, run the "Sound Manager" utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs. This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user-guide to setup "Sound Manager". For more detailed information, refer to "Sound Manager manual" in the CD. 1. Right-click “Sound Effect” button on the task bar and select “Sound Manager”. Sound Effect: 2.
Driver Installation Equalizer: 3. There are 10 bands of equalizer control, check "ON" when you want to adjust the equalizer. Speaker Configuration: 4. This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode (no. of speaker) is selected. Figure 4 above shows the phone jack setup for 2 channel mode.
Driver Installation Speaker Test: 5. To test the speaker , select the “Speaker Test” page and click directly on the speakers shown on the screen. This board is equipped with Jack Sensing capability. If an audio device is plugged into the wrong connector, a warning message will appear to remind users to check the connection. Connector Sensing: 6. Push "Start" button to start the sensing. Please remember to terminate all audio applications before starting the sensing.
Driver Installation Connector Sensing: 7. EZ-Connection shows the result of the detection. “Audio Connector” column reflects the settings used in the "Speaker Configuration" page. “Current Connection” column shows the type of device detected. If the results do not match, an exclamation mark will appear on the right side. Connector Sensing: 8. After closing EZ-Connector, this page will show the latest connector status as above.
Driver Installation HRTF Demo: 9. This page lets you test the HRTF 3D Positional Audio features. Microphone: 10. The “Noise Suppression” feature uses software to reduce background delay microphone recording.
Driver Installation General: ALC655 11. This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software. To remove "Sound Manager" icon from Windows Task bar, uncheck "Show icon in system tray".
Driver Installation Page 6-8
Appendix Appendix A A-1 Update Your System BIOS Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy. Run the downloaded xxxxx.EXE file and it will self extract. Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk. Note: The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs. 1. Type “A:\AWDFLASH and press Key. 2. You will see the following setup screen. 3. Please key in the xxxxx.bin BIOS file name. XXXX 4.
Appendix 5. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file. XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin 6. To confirm and proceed, please key in [Y] to start the programming. XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin 7. The BIOS update is finished. XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.
Appendix Appendix B B-1 NVIDIA RAID BIOS Utility Power-on the system and wait for the RAID BIOS Setting utility message on the screen. Press the ”F10” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility. Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted. • Selecting the RAID Mode By default, this is set to Mirroring.
Appendix To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk, 1) Tab to the Free Disks section. The first disk in the list is selected 2) Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the rightarrow key (-> ). The first disk in the list is moved, and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved. 3) Continue pressing the right-arrow key (-> ) until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block.
Appendix Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up, then press Enter. The Array Detail window appears. The Array Detail window shows information about the array that you selected, such as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity. If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C. At the prompt, press Y to wipe out all the data, otherwise press N.
Appendix B-4
Appendix Appendix C C-1 POST CODES POST (hex) DESCRIPTION CFh C0h Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. - Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM.
Appendix 18h 19-1Ah 1Bh 1Ch 1Dh 1Eh 1Fh 20h 21h 22h 23h 24-26h 27h 28h 29h 2A-2Ch 2Dh 2E-32h 33h 34-3Bh 3Ch 3Dh 3Eh 3Fh 40h 41h 42h C-2 Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). Reserved Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. Reserved Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch.
Appendix 43h 44h 45-46h 47h 48h 49h 4A-4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 53-54h 55h 56h 57h 58h 59h 5Ah 5Bh 5Ch 5Dh 5E-5Fh 60h 61-64h 65h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Dh Test 8259 functionality. Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. Reserved 1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2. Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable range. 3.
Appendix 6Eh 6Fh 70-72h 73h 74h 75h 76h 77h 78h-79h 7Ah 7B-7Eh 7Fh 80h-81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86-92h 93h 94h 95h 96h FFh C-4 Reserved 1. Initialize floppy controller 2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. Reserved (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if : -AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -ALT+F2 is pressed Reserved Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. Reserved Detect serial ports & parallel ports. Reserved Detect & install co-processor Reserved 1.
