Foxconn Cinema Deluxe User Manual

Cinema Series Motherboard User’s Manual

13 1 x Speaker connector 1 x COM1 connector 1 x HDA_DH connectorBack Panel 1 x PS/2 portConnectors 1 x Optical S/PDIF_OUT port 1 x VGA por

593Create JBODHere, we will show you how to create a JBOD Logical Drives (LD) by using four hard disks.1. Select [2] from the main menu, "Dene L

5945. A message prompts.Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.6. The creation of JBOD is completed.Total size is 82.34+120.03+250.05+320.07 = 772.49G

5955-4 Install a New Windows XPAssume a Mirrored array (249.99GB) was created as introduced in section 5-3, after the system restarts :1. Press <DE

5965. After some les are copied to your system, the following picture appears, press <S> to continue the specic driver installation.6. It will

5977. There are two drivers, for your 32-bit XP system, press [Enter] to select the rst driver - "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platfo

5989. Windows will display the partition of your system. As we are using a Mirrored RAID array as an example, its size 232.88GB is now displayed as 2

5995-5 Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID ArrayThis section assumes the following setup : Boot Disk with Windows XP installed :One hard disk HDS728090PL

51002. Select a RAID array for use (also can refer to section 5-3) After rebooting your computer, you will see the RAID software prompting you to pres

51015. After the AMD RAID driver is installed, it will ask you to click "Finish" to restart your computer. 6. When Windows starts, a message

51027. After PC starts, the RAID array is now ready to be initialized under Windows.Launch Computer Management by clicking Start -> (Settings ->

141. 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector 2. PCI Express x16 Slot 3. PCI Express x1 Slots4. PCI Slot5.CD_IN Connector6. Front Audio Connector 7. SPDIF_OUT Co

510311. The Computer Management window appears. The actual disks listed will depend on your system. In below gure, you can see there is a 232.82 GB u

510417. The format of disk array (Disk1) is in processing.18. Format completed, now you can start using your RAID array.

105Appendix - ATI Hybrid CrossFireX™ TechnologyIntroductionAMD’s pioneering ATI Hybrid CrossFireX™ Technology can be used for scalable gaming action.

106Appendix1063. Then you may use the ATI Catalyst(TM) Control Center.Using an add-on graphics card1. Right-click on the desktop, then click ATI Catal

107Appendix1077. Click "Graphics Settings>CrossFire™”, then select the "Enable CrossFire™” check box. When a conrmation message pops up,

151-3 Back Panel Connectors 1. PS/2 Port Use the PS/2 port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard or mouse.2. USB PortsThe USB ports support

169. Audio PortsFor the denition of each audio port, please refer to the table below :Port 2-channel 4-channel 5.1-channel 7.1-channelBlue Line In Li

This chapter introduces the hardware installation process, including the installation of the CPU, memory, power supply, slots, pin headers and the mou

282-1 Install the CPU and CPU CoolerInstall the CPULocate the Pin-1 CPU triangle mark and the Pin-1 of the CPU socket.Pin-1 triangle marking of CPUPin

293. When CPU is properly seated, push the CPU socket lever back to its locked position.Install the CPU CoolerFollow the steps below to cor

2102-2 Install the MemoryDual Channel Memory CongurationThis motherboard provides four DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology. When

211Installing a MemoryIf you take a look at front side of memory module, it has asymmetric pin counts on both sides separated by a notch in the middle

2122-3 Install an Expansion CardFollow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot.1. Locate an expansion slot that

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2132-4 Install other Internal ConnectorsPower ConnectorsThis motherboard uses an ATX power supply. In order not to damage any device, make sure all th

214Front Panel Connector : FP1This motherboard includes one connector for connecting the front panel switch and LED Indicators.Hard Disk LED Connector

215COM Connector : COM1This motherboard supports one serial RS232 COM port for legacy compatibility. User must purchase another RS232 cable with a 9-p

216Audio Connector : F_AUDIOThe audio connector supports HD Audio standard. It provides the Front Audio output choice. Audio Connector : CD_INCD_IN i

2172-6 JumpersFor some features needed, users can change the jumper settings on this motherboard to modify them. This section explains how to use the

Since BIOS could be updated some other times, the BIOS information described in this manual is for reference only. We do not guarantee the content of

319Enter BIOS SetupThe BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintai

320Some special proprietary features (such as overclocking) can be set up through this menu.► Hardware MonitorThis setup enables you to read/change Fa

321System InformationThis sub-menu is used to set up the standard BIOS features, such as the date, time, oppy drive and so on. Use the arrow up/down

322tion can be enabled/disabled in the next three settings.► KeyboardThe system boot will not stop for a keyboard error if you enabled this item.► Mou

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323Subtimings Information► tRTP (Internal Read to Precharge Command Delay)This time displays the delay time (in clock cycles) between read command and

324Boot Setting Conguration► Smart Boot MenuWhen PC starts, you can press [F11] key to enter smart boot menu. If [Disabled] is selected, then pressin

325This option is used to select the priority for boot devices. After pressing <Enter>, you canselect the device using the Up/Down arrow keys, a

326Advanced Chipset Features ► PCIe Port #2 / 6 / 7 / 9 / 10 / NB-SB Configuration Press [Enter] to go to its submenu.► PCIEx16 Slot ClockThis opt

327PCIe Port #2 Conguration► Gen2 High Speed ModeThis item is used to select the Generation II speed mode of PCI Express slots. Select [Auto], RC wil

328PCIe Port #6 ► Gen2 High Speed ModeThis item is used to select the Generation II speed mode of PCI Express slots. Select [Auto], RC will only adver

329NB-SB Port Conguration► NB-SB Link ASPM This item is used to select the ASPM link mode between north bridge and sourth bridge.► NP NB-SB VC1 Tr

330Integrated Peripherals► SATA Configuration / USB Configuration Press <Enter> to go to relative submenu.► LAN ControllerThis item is used to e

331SATA Conguration► SB710 SATA ControllerThis item is used to enable or disable the SB710 SATA controller. ► SB710 SATA ModeThis item is used to set

332USB Conguration ► Legacy USB SupportThis item is used to enable the support for USB devices on legacy OS. If you have a USB keyboard or mouse, set

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333Power Management Setup ACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard interfaces enabling OS-directed conguration,

334►Suspend TypeThis item is used to set the energy saving mode of the ACPI function. When you select “S1(POS)” mode, the power is always on and compu

335Hardware Monitor► Case Intrustion AlertThis item is used to enable or disable a warning message once the case intrusion alert has been triggered.►

336Overclock Control Center► Fox Intelligent Stepping/ CPU Configuration/ Memory Configuration/IGP ConfigurationPress <Enter> to go to its subme

337This option helps lowering down the CPU frequency and voltage when system is idling. When the CPU speed is slowing down, the temperature will drop

338CPU CongurationThis menu shows most of the CPU specications.► Allow Microcode Updates It allows the CPUs Microcode to be updated/patched.► Secure

339Advanced CPU settings ► GRAT Error ReportingThis option is used to enable for debugging, recommended setting is Disabled.► ACPI SRAT TableThis opti

340Memory Conguration► Memory Features / ECC CongurationPress <Enter> to go to its submenu.► DRAM Clock ModeThis option is used to conguation

341► tRC (Active-to-Active/Auto-Refresh Command Period)This item allows you to set the row cycle time (in clock cycles). tRC = tRAS + tRP.► tWR (Write

342► Bank InterleavingInterleaving allows banks of SDRAM to alternate their refresh and access cycles. One bank will undergo its refresh cycle while a

Installation Precautions Please carefully read the following procedures to install your computer : It is suggested to select high-quality, certie

343Ganged refers to the use of both DRAM controllers within a memory controller acting in con-cert to access memory. For a description of ganged (128-

344commands may be issued in clocks N+1 through N+9. To program this eld, BIOS must con-vert the tFAW parameter into MEMCLK cycles by dividing the hi

345IGP Conguration► IGP ModeIt allows you to determine whether to allocate memory for the integrated graphics controller from the system memory or Si

346► NB Core Voltage OffsetThis option is used to change the North Bridge voltage in a step of 30mV. The voltage can be incremented from +30mV to +360

347BIOS Security Features► Change Supervisor PasswordThis item is used to install or change supervisor password.After you input Supervisor password, i

348Load Optimal DefaultsOptimal defaults are the best settings of this motherboard. Always load the Optimal defaults after updating the BIOS or after

The utility CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the mother-board features.This chapter

450Utility CD introductionThis motherboard comes with one Utility CD. To begin with, simply insert the CD into your CD drive. The CD will automaticall

4512. UtilityUse these options to install additional software programs.FOX ONEThe FOX ONE allows you to monitor various temperature values, voltage va

452FOX ONEFOX ONE is a powerful utility for easily modifying system settings. It also allows users to monitor various temperature values, voltage valu

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4531. Main PageToolbarUse the toolbar to navigate to other pages.Alert LampWhen the system is in healthy state, the color of alert lamp is green. When

454Skin ButtonThere are more choices of FOX ONE screen panels. Click this button, you can select your favorite skin (FOX ONE Panel).ExitClick this but

455CongurationThis menu allows you to congure :1). Monitor interval (ms) :This is to dene the interval of different messages of system settings whi

456Step 1 : Click Calibration icon, a message pops out to ask for continue. Select Yes.Step 2 : After data is collected, it will ask you to restart yo

4572. CPU Page - CPU ControlThis page lets you select (or overclock) CPU clock to meet the current performance level of the system. The fastest and su

458You can see the system is raising CPU clock until the system hangs.Push RESET button on the front panel of your system to restart the computer.Run

459FOX Intelligent Stepping (F.I.S., Optional)Select FOX Intelligent Stepping will allow your system to automatically adjust your CPU clock rate based

4604. Limit Setting4.1 Limit Setting - CPU TemperatureThis page lets you to set CPU high limit temperature and enable the alert function.4.2 Limit Set

4614.3 Limit Setting - CPU FanThis page lets you to set CPU fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.4.4 Limit Setting - System FanThis page le

4624.5 Limit Setting - FAN1 FanThis page lets you to set FAN1 fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.5. Voltage Page - Voltage Control (Optio

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4636. Fan Page - Fan ControlThis page lets you enable Smart Fan function or set the fan speed by manual.When Smart Fan is selected, you must use a 4-p

464FOX LiveUpdateFOX LiveUpdate is a useful utility to backup and update your system BIOS, drivers and utilities by local or online.Supporting Operati

4651-2 Local Update - BackupThis page can backup your system BIOS. You can click “Backup”, and key in a le name, then click “Save” to nish the backu

4662. Online Update2-1 Online Update - Update BIOSThis page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new BIOS

4672-3 Online Update - Update UtilityThis page lets you update utilities from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new utilities from Internet.

4682-4 Online Update - Update AllThis page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click “start”, it will search all new BIOS/drivers/utili

4693. Congure3-1 Congure - optionThis page lets you set auto search options. After you enable the auto search function, FOX LiveUpdate will start it

470When you enable "Auto Search FOX LiveUpdate", if your FOX LiveUpdate version is older, it will auto search from internet and prompt you t

4713-3 Congure - AdvanceThis page lets you select to ash BIOS / Boot Block and clear CMOS. If you choose Flash Boot Block, it means BIOS is not prot

472FOX LOGOFOX LOGO is a simple and useful utility to backup, change and delete the boot time Logo. The boot Logo is the image that appears on screen

Thank you for buying Foxconn Cinema Series motherboard. Foxconn products are engineered to maximize computing power, providing only what you ne

473FOX DMIFOX DMI is a full Desktop Management Interface viewer, and it provides three DMI data formats : Report, Data Fields and Memory Dump. With DM

This chapter will cover two topics : Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP (or Vista) in a brand new RAID system. Creating

575Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP (or Vista) in a brand new RAID system.1. Follow 5-1 to create a RAID driver diskette.2. Fol

576RAID Conguration IntroductionRAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method for computer data storage schemes that divide and/or replicat

577RAID 0 (Striped) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved among multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array.

578Option ROM UtilityThe Option ROM Utility supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID10 functions. It allows you to get high performance with fault tolerance,

579Two topics will be covered in the following sections :1). Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP in a brand new RAID system.2).

5801. Find a PC, put a diskette into its oppy drive A:, this diskette will be formatted later. Put the driver CD into DVD-ROM drive.2. Depending on w

5816. You can input a volume label for this diskette, click on "Start" to format.7. Click on "OK" to go through this warning messa

5825-2 RAID Enable in BIOS1. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing <DEL> key when boot up.2. Select the “Integrated Peripherals” from the “Main menu”

121-1 Product SpecicationsCPU Support the AMD PhenomII, Phenom, AMD Athlon II, Athlon, AMD Sempron processor families, AM2/AM2+/AM3 socket processo

583Create RAID 0 (Striped)Here, we will show you how to create two RAID 0 Logical Drives (LD) by using two hard disks.1. Select [2] from the main menu

5845. A message prompts.Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.6. Another screen prompts.Press [Ctrl-Y]. Input 80GB to select the rst logical drive (

5858. When LD2 is selected, press [Enter] to continue.9. You can see in the previous example, about 40GB of Channel 1 and 2 hard disks were allocated.

58610. A message prompts.Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.11. The remaining disk spaces are assigned to LD2. The size is about 42GB*2 = 84GB

587Create RAID 1 (Mirror)Here, we will show you how to create one Mirrored Logical Drives (LD) by using two hard disks.1. Select [2] from the main men

5885. A message prompts.Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.6. Another screen prompts.Press any key to use the maximum capacity. 7. The creation of

589Create RAID 10 (Striped Mirror)Here, we will show you how to create one Striped Mirror Logical Drives (LD) by using four hard disks.1. Select [2] f

5905. A message prompts.Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.6. Another screen prompts.Press any key to use the maximum capacity. 7. The creation of

591Create RAID ReadyA "RAID Ready" system is a specic system conguration that, with the addition of a second Serial ATA hard drive, can be

5925. A message prompts.Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.6. The creation of RAID Ready is completed.[ Dene LD Menu ] LD No R