English manual.
Page 6
... Memory 10 Install an Expansion Card 12 Install other Internal Connectors 13 Jumpers 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Enter BIOS Setup 19 Main Menu 19 System Information 21 Advanced BIOS Features 23 Fox Central Control Unit 25 ......A.d.v.a.n.ce.d..C.h.ip.s.e.t.F.e.a.tu.r.e.s 29 Integrated Peripherals 34 Power ...Management Setup 39 PC Health Status 41 BIOS Security Features 42 Load Optimal Defaults 43 Save & Exit Setup 43 Exit Without Saving 43 Chapter 4 CD Instruction ...
... Memory 10 Install an Expansion Card 12 Install other Internal Connectors 13 Jumpers 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Enter BIOS Setup 19 Main Menu 19 System Information 21 Advanced BIOS Features 23 Fox Central Control Unit 25 ......A.d.v.a.n.ce.d..C.h.ip.s.e.t.F.e.a.tu.r.e.s 29 Integrated Peripherals 34 Power ...Management Setup 39 PC Health Status 41 BIOS Security Features 42 Load Optimal Defaults 43 Save & Exit Setup 43 Exit Without Saving 43 Chapter 4 CD Instruction ...
English manual.
Page 7
...66 FOX LOGO 67 FOX DMI 68 Chapter 5 RAID Configuration RAID Configuration Introduction 71 FastBuild Driver 73 Create a RAID Driver Diskette 75 RAID Enable in BIOS 77 Select a RAID Array for Use 77 Install a New Windows XP 90 Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array 94 Technical Support : Website ...com Support Support Website : http://www.foxconnchannel.com/support/online.aspx or http://www.foxconnsupport.com Worldwide E-mail Support : pcebg-cisg-support@foxconn.com CPU, Memory, VGA Compatibility Supporting Website : http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/compatibility.aspx
...66 FOX LOGO 67 FOX DMI 68 Chapter 5 RAID Configuration RAID Configuration Introduction 71 FastBuild Driver 73 Create a RAID Driver Diskette 75 RAID Enable in BIOS 77 Select a RAID Array for Use 77 Install a New Windows XP 90 Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array 94 Technical Support : Website ...com Support Support Website : http://www.foxconnchannel.com/support/online.aspx or http://www.foxconnsupport.com Worldwide E-mail Support : pcebg-cisg-support@foxconn.com CPU, Memory, VGA Compatibility Supporting Website : http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/compatibility.aspx
English manual.
Page 17
.... A memory module can be used and please select dual channel first to prevent hardware damage. ■ Memory modules have a foolproof design. It is installed, the BIOS will automatically check the memory in only one direction. DS/SS Double Channel DS/SS DS/SS (DS : Double Side, SS : Single Side, - : No Memory...
.... A memory module can be used and please select dual channel first to prevent hardware damage. ■ Memory modules have a foolproof design. It is installed, the BIOS will automatically check the memory in only one direction. DS/SS Double Channel DS/SS DS/SS (DS : Double Side, SS : Single Side, - : No Memory...
English manual.
Page 19
... the chassis back panel. 2. Align the card with your card. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Secure the card's metal bracket to make any required BIOS changes for your operating system. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in the slot. 3.
... the chassis back panel. 2. Align the card with your card. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Secure the card's metal bracket to make any required BIOS changes for your operating system. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in the slot. 3.
English manual.
Page 22
... D+ GND EMPTY NC 9 10 F_USB 1/2/3 IDE Connector : PIDE With the provided Ultra DMA IDE ribbon cable, you can connect to any IDE type of the BIOS Setup. GND +12V SENSE GND POWER SENSE CONTROL NB_FAN CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN 15 CD_L GND CD_R CD_IN 12 PORT1_L AUD_GND PORT1_R PRESENCE_J PORT2_R SENSE1_RETURN SENSE_SEND EMPTY...
... D+ GND EMPTY NC 9 10 F_USB 1/2/3 IDE Connector : PIDE With the provided Ultra DMA IDE ribbon cable, you can connect to any IDE type of the BIOS Setup. GND +12V SENSE GND POWER SENSE CONTROL NB_FAN CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN 15 CD_L GND CD_R CD_IN 12 PORT1_L AUD_GND PORT1_R PRESENCE_J PORT2_R SENSE1_RETURN SENSE_SEND EMPTY...
English manual.
Page 23
... turn it . For any jumper setting. The shorting can be done by touching two pins by the bold silkscreen next to factory default when the BIOS settings were mistakenly modified. Users should read the following table explains different types of Jumpers 1. Description of the jumper settings. However, in next chapter.... for a few seconds, but using jumper cap is the fast way to go back to it on this manual, pin 1 is simply labeled as BIOS data, date, time information, hardware password...etc.). Clear CMOS data is recommended. Remove jumper cap from the power outlet. 2. Go to...
... turn it . For any jumper setting. The shorting can be done by touching two pins by the bold silkscreen next to factory default when the BIOS settings were mistakenly modified. Users should read the following table explains different types of Jumpers 1. Description of the jumper settings. However, in next chapter.... for a few seconds, but using jumper cap is the fast way to go back to it on this manual, pin 1 is simply labeled as BIOS data, date, time information, hardware password...etc.). Clear CMOS data is recommended. Remove jumper cap from the power outlet. 2. Go to...
English manual.
Page 24
... using the connected USB devices. At the same time, a corresponding setting must not exceed the power supply capability (+5VSB) whether under normal condition or in BIOS as below: Set "Power Management Setup" -> "Resume by USB Devices" to "Enabled". 1 +5V 2 (Default) 3 1 +5VSB 2 3 USBPWR1/2/3 ! ■ USBPWR2 / USBPWR3 is for the internal USB connectors...
... using the connected USB devices. At the same time, a corresponding setting must not exceed the power supply capability (+5VSB) whether under normal condition or in BIOS as below: Set "Power Management Setup" -> "Resume by USB Devices" to "Enabled". 1 +5V 2 (Default) 3 1 +5VSB 2 3 USBPWR1/2/3 ! ■ USBPWR2 / USBPWR3 is for the internal USB connectors...
English manual.
Page 25
... default CMOS settings. You have to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. You want to run the Setup Program when the following information : ■ Enter BIOS Setup ■ Main Menu ■ System Information ■ Advanced BIOS Features ■ Fox Central Control Unit ■ �A�...;ts� ■ Save & Exit Setup ■ Exit Without Saving Since BIOS could be updated some other times, the BIOS information described in this manual will remain consistent with the newly released BIOS at any given time in the future. We do not guarantee the content of ...
... default CMOS settings. You have to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. You want to run the Setup Program when the following information : ■ Enter BIOS Setup ■ Main Menu ■ System Information ■ Advanced BIOS Features ■ Fox Central Control Unit ■ �A�...;ts� ■ Save & Exit Setup ■ Exit Without Saving Since BIOS could be updated some other times, the BIOS information described in this manual will remain consistent with the newly released BIOS at any given time in the future. We do not guarantee the content of ...
English manual.
Page 26
...can press key to select from the change you made. They all can be viewed or 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 any damage which resulted... from a list of the screen, you to enter Setup. ! CAUTION 3 Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is explained below: CMOS Setup Utility - Power on the computer, when the message "Press to...
...can press key to select from the change you made. They all can be viewed or 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 any damage which resulted... from a list of the screen, you to enter Setup. ! CAUTION 3 Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is explained below: CMOS Setup Utility - Power on the computer, when the message "Press to...
English manual.
Page 27
... this menu. ► PC Health Status This setup enables you to read/change Fan speeds, and displays temperatures and voltages of your CPU/System. ► BIOS Security Features The Supervisor/User password can be set to optimal default may cause problem if you need now is heavy, set up through this... settings can be loaded through this menu. However, it may sometimes come out an unstable system. It means, if your system loading is to adjust BIOS setting one by one, trial and error, to CMOS and exit. ► Exit Without Saving Do not change anything and exit the setup. 20...
... this menu. ► PC Health Status This setup enables you to read/change Fan speeds, and displays temperatures and voltages of your CPU/System. ► BIOS Security Features The Supervisor/User password can be set to optimal default may cause problem if you need now is heavy, set up through this... settings can be loaded through this menu. However, it may sometimes come out an unstable system. It means, if your system loading is to adjust BIOS setting one by one, trial and error, to CMOS and exit. ► Exit Without Saving Do not change anything and exit the setup. 20...
English manual.
Page 28
...The three fields of the setting are : : respectively. ► Primary / Secondary / Third / Fourth IDE Master / Slave While entering setup, BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices. Please refer to mapping table in next page. ► Floppy A This option allows you to Sat., ...65533; e D� isa� ble�d] � Flo�pp�y Di� sa� ble�d] Model Name BIOS ID : A78AX-S/A78AX-K : 79BF1P02 Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F9:Optimized Defaults ► Date (mm:dd:yy) format....
...The three fields of the setting are : : respectively. ► Primary / Secondary / Third / Fourth IDE Master / Slave While entering setup, BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices. Please refer to mapping table in next page. ► Floppy A This option allows you to Sat., ...65533; e D� isa� ble�d] � Flo�pp�y Di� sa� ble�d] Model Name BIOS ID : A78AX-S/A78AX-K : 79BF1P02 Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F9:Optimized Defaults ► Date (mm:dd:yy) format....
English manual.
Page 29
... Disabled SATA 1 SATA 3 OnChip SATA Channel Disabled SATA 5 SATA 6 - SATA 2 SATA 2 SATA 2 - - User can check this product. ► BIOS ID / BIOS Version It displays the current BIOS ID/version. RAID/ AHCI IDE0 IDE1 - 3 ► Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error if you enabled this item... error if you enabled this item. ► Model Name Model name of this information and discuss with the field service people if a BIOS upgrade is depending on how many memory modules were installed in your system before powering on. ► MAC Address This item shows the ...
... Disabled SATA 1 SATA 3 OnChip SATA Channel Disabled SATA 5 SATA 6 - SATA 2 SATA 2 SATA 2 - - User can check this product. ► BIOS ID / BIOS Version It displays the current BIOS ID/version. RAID/ AHCI IDE0 IDE1 - 3 ► Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error if you enabled this item... error if you enabled this item. ► Model Name Model name of this information and discuss with the field service people if a BIOS upgrade is depending on how many memory modules were installed in your system before powering on. ► MAC Address This item shows the ...
English manual.
Page 30
...for MPS 1.4, you should only leave it . ► MPS Revision This feature is in unit of PCI cycle for a longer time. Advanced BIOS Features IDE Detect Time Out [5] Help Item M�P�S�R�ev�isi�on 1.�4] PCI Latency Timer [64 S��... system, reduce the latency. Low values for a secondary PCI bus without requiring a PCI bridge. If the checking time is over . Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility - The value is only applicable to enable/disable the quiet boot. 23 This feature controls how long each PCI device ...
...for MPS 1.4, you should only leave it . ► MPS Revision This feature is in unit of PCI cycle for a longer time. Advanced BIOS Features IDE Detect Time Out [5] Help Item M�P�S�R�ev�isi�on 1.�4] PCI Latency Timer [64 S��... system, reduce the latency. Low values for a secondary PCI bus without requiring a PCI bridge. If the checking time is over . Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility - The value is only applicable to enable/disable the quiet boot. 23 This feature controls how long each PCI device ...
English manual.
Page 31
... booting up. 3 [Disabled] : Displays the normal POST messages. [Enabled] : Displays OEM customer logo instead of POST messages. ► Quick Boot While Enabled, this option allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting, this will shorten the time needed to boot the system. ► Bootup Num-Lock This item defines if the... priority sequence from available CD/DVD drives. 24 The available settings are: On (default) and Off. ► Floppy Drive Seek This item controls whether the BIOS will be checking for boot devices. you can exit this function, then POST will appear an error message.
... booting up. 3 [Disabled] : Displays the normal POST messages. [Enabled] : Displays OEM customer logo instead of POST messages. ► Quick Boot While Enabled, this option allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting, this will shorten the time needed to boot the system. ► Bootup Num-Lock This item defines if the... priority sequence from available CD/DVD drives. 24 The available settings are: On (default) and Off. ► Floppy Drive Seek This item controls whether the BIOS will be checking for boot devices. you can exit this function, then POST will appear an error message.
English manual.
Page 32
...General Help F9:Optimized Defaults 25 Copyright (C) 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Super BIOS Protect function protects your BIOS from virus attack, there is a BIOS write-protection mechanism provided. Smart BIOS Smart P�o�we�r �LE�D D��is used to... its submenu. Fox Central Control Unit CMOS Setup Utility - Fox Central Control Unit Super BIOS Protect Auto Detect PCI Clock ► Smart BIOS F��o�x��I�n�te��ll�ig��e�n�...
...General Help F9:Optimized Defaults 25 Copyright (C) 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Super BIOS Protect function protects your BIOS from virus attack, there is a BIOS write-protection mechanism provided. Smart BIOS Smart P�o�we�r �LE�D D��is used to... its submenu. Fox Central Control Unit CMOS Setup Utility - Fox Central Control Unit Super BIOS Protect Auto Detect PCI Clock ► Smart BIOS F��o�x��I�n�te��ll�ig��e�n�...
English manual.
Page 38
... clock enable signal. The DRAM channel is placed in power down mode by asserting the corresponding clock enable signal when a transaction is enabled, the BIOS can deal with those storage cells. more concurrent open dram pages . ■ Better bus efficiency. A chip select or pair of the DRAMs ... group of DIMMs enters power down when all chip selects associated with a CKE pin are closed, then these parts are enabled in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each channel : [Channel] CKE control. The RAM doesn't care because it's just an array of DIMMs exits power ...
... clock enable signal. The DRAM channel is placed in power down mode by asserting the corresponding clock enable signal when a transaction is enabled, the BIOS can deal with those storage cells. more concurrent open dram pages . ■ Better bus efficiency. A chip select or pair of the DRAMs ... group of DIMMs enters power down when all chip selects associated with a CKE pin are closed, then these parts are enabled in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each channel : [Channel] CKE control. The RAM doesn't care because it's just an array of DIMMs exits power ...
English manual.
Page 39
...access the memory device. It contains important information about the module's speed, size, addressing mode and various other parameters, so that BIOS programs into the memory controller is manually selected according to enable/disable provision of "Memory Speed Adjust". ► Memory Speed Adjust...available settings are : [400MHz], [533MHz], [667MHz], [800MHz], [1066MHz]. [1066MHz] will not exceed the specified value listed in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each DCT in AM2+ CPU) ► CAS Latency - The Serial Presence Detect (SPD) device is set value ...
...access the memory device. It contains important information about the module's speed, size, addressing mode and various other parameters, so that BIOS programs into the memory controller is manually selected according to enable/disable provision of "Memory Speed Adjust". ► Memory Speed Adjust...available settings are : [400MHz], [533MHz], [667MHz], [800MHz], [1066MHz]. [1066MHz] will not exceed the specified value listed in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each DCT in AM2+ CPU) ► CAS Latency - The Serial Presence Detect (SPD) device is set value ...
English manual.
Page 44
...OS without EHCI hand-off feature. The available settings are : [High Speed] in 480Mbps; [Full Speed] in 12Mbps. ► BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Windows XP supports a number of USB 2.0. Microsoft said preliminary support for legacy USB. �U�S��B�...fi�g�u�r�a��ti�o�n� Help Item Module Version - 2.24.2-13.4 Enables support for EHCI BIOS handoff will appear : ► USB Storage Configuration After pressing , you to the computer, the following item will be selected. ...
...OS without EHCI hand-off feature. The available settings are : [High Speed] in 480Mbps; [Full Speed] in 12Mbps. ► BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Windows XP supports a number of USB 2.0. Microsoft said preliminary support for legacy USB. �U�S��B�...fi�g�u�r�a��ti�o�n� Help Item Module Version - 2.24.2-13.4 Enables support for EHCI BIOS handoff will appear : ► USB Storage Configuration After pressing , you to the computer, the following item will be selected. ...
English manual.
Page 45
...;r�I�O��C�o��n�fi�g�u�r�a�t�io�n� Help Item OnBoard Floppy Controller [Enabled] Allows BIOS to Enable Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] or disable floppy �S��e�ri�a�l�P��o�rt�2��...
...;r�I�O��C�o��n�fi�g�u�r�a�t�io�n� Help Item OnBoard Floppy Controller [Enabled] Allows BIOS to Enable Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] or disable floppy �S��e�ri�a�l�P��o�rt�2��...
English manual.
Page 46
... CPU context). 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 the S1 sleeping state except that the OS does not save any context. Resume by...
... CPU context). 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 the S1 sleeping state except that the OS does not save any context. Resume by...