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Asus A8R32-MVP 5.2.4Make Disk menu, Make ULi 32/64 bit SATA Driver Disk, Make Silicon Image 32 bit RAID Driver, Make Silicon Image 32 bit SATA Driver

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5.2.4Make Disk menu

The Make Disk menu contains the item needed to create the ULI Serial ATA/RAID driver disk.

Make ULi 32/64 bit SATA Driver Disk

Allows you to create the ULI SATA driver disk for a 32/64-bit system.

Make Silicon Image 32 bit RAID Driver

Make Silicon Image 32 bit SATA Driver

Allows you to create a Silicon Image® RAID/Serial ATA driver disk for a 32-bit system.

Make Silicon Image 64 bit RAID Driver

Make Silicon Image 64 bit SATA Driver

Allows you to create a Silicon Image® RAID/Serial ATA driver disk for a 64-bit system.

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Chapter 5: Software support

Contents

Page E2420 Revised Edition January Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: Software support Chapter 6: ATI CrossFire™ technology Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized Where to find more information Conventions used in this guide Typography A8R32-MVPDeluxe specifications summary Page Page Page Product1 information Chapter summary 1.1Welcome Thank you for buying an ASUS® A8R32-MVPDeluxe motherboard 1.2Package contents Motherboard Cables 1.3.1Product highlights Latest processor technology ATI CrossFire™ Xpress PCI Express™ interface Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology 8-channelhigh definition audio Dual RAID solution Dual Gigabit LAN solution IEEE 1394a support USB 2.0 technology 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features Fanless Design Stack Cool SATA-On-the-Go AI NET2 PEG Link Mode for two graphics cards ASUS Q-Fan2 technology ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS Multi-languageBIOS ASUS MyLogo2™ Hardware2 information Page Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3Motherboard layout 2.2.4Layout Contents Page 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page 2.3.2Installing the heatsink and fan Page Page 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory Configurations Recommended memory configurations DDR (400 MHz) Qualified Vendors List 2.4.3Installing a DDR DIMM 2.4.4Removing a DDR DIMM 2.5.1Installing an expansion card 2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 2.5.3Interrupt assignments Standard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 2.5.4PCI slots 2.5.5PCI Express x1 slot 2.5.6Two PCI Express x16 slots PCI Express x16 slot configurations 2.6Jumper Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 2.7.1Rear panel connectors Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration 7 . LAN (RJ-45) port 8 . LAN 32-bitOS LAN port LED indications 2.7.2Internal connectors 3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black]) Serial ATA hard disk drive connection 4 . Silicon Image Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pinSATA_RAID2) 5 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, 3-pinCHA_FAN2, 3-pinPWR_FAN) 6 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78_WFG) 7 . Power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) 8 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME) 9 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1) 10 . IEEE 1394a connector (10-1pin IE1394_1; 10-1pin IE1394_2) 11 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) 12 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) 13 . Audio connector (4-pinCD [black]) 14 . System panel connector (20-1pin PANEL) •System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED) System warning speaker (Orange •Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWRSW) Page Page AMI BIOS beep codes 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2Using the dual function power switch Page Page 4.1.1ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 4.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.3ASUS EZ Flash utility 4.1.4AFUDOS utility Copying the current BIOS Updating the BIOS file Page 4.1.5ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 4.2BIOS setup program 4.2.1BIOS menu screen 4.2.2Menu bar 4.2.3Navigation keys 4.2.4Menu items 4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields 4.2.7Pop-upwindow 4.2.8Scroll bar 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 4.3.4Language [English] 4.3.5Primary, Secondary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-sectorTransfer) M [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] 4.3.6Storage Configuration Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] 4.3.7System Information AMI BIOS Processor System Memory 4.4.1JumperFree Configuration AI Overclocking [Auto] FID/VID Change [Auto] Processor Frequency Multiplier [x4] Processor Voltage [1.450 V] DDR Voltage [Auto] Northbridge Over-voltage[Auto] Southbridge Over-voltage[Auto] PEG Link Mode [Disabled] PEG Buffer Length [Auto] BankA DDR Clock Skew [Auto] Overclock Options [Overclock 5%] Turbo N.O.S. [Overclock 3%] 4.4.2CPU Configuration GART Error Reporting [Disabled] MTRR Mapping [Continuous] Cool ‘n’ Quiet [Disabled] HT Link Speed [Auto] Memory Configuration Page Page ECC Configuration 4.4.3Chipset Configuration Hyper Transport Configuration PCI Express Configuration 4.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration HD Audio [Enabled] Onboard LAN [Enabled] Onboard LAN2 [Enabled] Onboard IEEE1394 [Enabled] Silicon Image Mode [SATA mode] Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [EPP+ECP] Onboard Game Port [Enabled] 4.4.5PCI PnP Plug And Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] IRQ-xxassigned to [PCI Device] 4.4.6LAN Cable Status POST Check LAN Cable [Disabled] 4.4.7USB Configuration USB Controller [USB1.1+2.0] Legacy USB Support [Auto] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] BIOS EHCI Hand-off[Enabled] 4.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto] 4.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] 4.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [No] 4.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 4.5.5APM Configuration Power Button Mode [On/Off] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] RTC Alarm Date (Days) [Every Day] RTC Alarm Hour (Hours) [0] RTC Alarm Minute (Minutes) [0] RTC Alarm Second (Seconds) [0] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] 4.5.6Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] Chassis Fan Speed N/A] or [Ignored] CPU QFan Control [Disabled] CPUFan Start Temperature [5] CPUFan Full-speedTemperature5 [45] CPUFan Start PWM [55] Chassis QFan Control [Disabled] ChassisFan Full-speedTemperature[45] ChassisFan Start PWM [40] 4.6.1Boot Device Priority 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st Floppy Drive] Hard Disk [XXX Drive] 4.6.2Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] 4.6.3Security Change Supervisor Password User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password Password Check [Setup] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Software5 support Page 5.2.1Running the support CD 5.2.2Drivers menu ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Drivers AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Driver Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Silicon Image SATA Driver Page 5.2.3Utilities menu ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Utilities Marvell Yukon VCT Application ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update ASUS Screen Saver Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c ASUS Cool ‘n’ Quiet Utility Anti-virusutility 5.2.4Make Disk menu Make ULi 32/64 bit SATA Driver Disk Make Silicon Image 32 bit RAID Driver Make Silicon Image 32 bit SATA Driver Make Silicon Image 64 bit RAID Driver 5.2.5Manuals menu Sil 3132 User Guide ULi SATA/RAID User’s Manual RTL8187 Wireless LAN User’s Manual 5.2.6ASUS Contact information 5.2.7Other information Motherboard Info Browse this CD Technical support Form Filelist 5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™ Ratio 5.3.2AI Net Using the Virtual Cable Tester™ 5.3.3ASUS PC Probe Installing PC Probe Launching PC Probe Using PC Probe Preferences Hardware monitor panels WMI browser DMI browser PCI browser Usage Configuring PC Probe 5.3.4Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology Windows® 2000/XP Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ software 5.3.5Audio configurations Realtek HD Audio Manager Information Minimize Exit Configuration options Sound Effect Mixer Audio I/O Microphone 2.Click the Noise Suppression Acoustic Echo Cancellation 3D Audio Demo 5.4RAID configurations RAID 0+1 JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks 5.4.1Installing hard disks Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks 5.4.2ULI® RAID configurations Entering the ULI® RAID BIOS Setup Utility Page Creating a RAID 0 configuration Creating a RAID 1 configuration Creating a RAID 0+1 configuration Creating a JBOD configuration Setting the Stripe Size Deleting a RAID configuration Deleting All RAID configurations Rebuilding a RAID array Creating a RAID 5 configuration 5.4.3Silicon Image® RAID configurations Setting the BIOS RAID items Launching the Silicon Image Array Management Software Entering the Silicon Image BIOS RAID Configuration Utility Creating a RAID 0 set (Striped) Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirrored) Manual configuration and Create with data copy, the following pop-upmenu appears Creating a CONCATENATION set 5.5Creating a RAID driver disk Page Page Requirements Before you begin Uninstall other graphics card drivers in your system Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards Page Page 6.3.1Installing the device drivers Ye s N o Finish 6.3.2Using the Catalyst™ Control Center Launching the Catalyst™ Control Center The Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog Box 2.Click the Crossfire™ item in Graphics Settings Enable CrossFire™ Hotkeys Profiles Preferences Help