Foxconn P35A User Manual

P35A Series Motherboard User’s Manual

31 1 x COM1 connector 1 x Chassis intrusion alarm headerBack Panel 1 x PS/2 Keyboard portConnectors 1 x PS/2 Mouse port 1 x Parallel port

935Delete RAID Volume1. Take TryRAID5 for example. Select “2. Delete RAID Volume” in main menu and press <Enter>.2. Use Up or Down arrow key to

9453. After <DEL> key is pressed, the screen appears as below:Press <Y> key to conrm the volume deletion.4. Return to Main Menu.

955Reset Disks to Non-RAIDReset RAID volume allows you to replace a failed disk with a new one, and the operating system will rebuild the data later.

9653. Select WDC hard disk as the one to be reset. Press <Enter>. A double conrmation message pops out, press <Y> to conrm.4. It goes ba

975Example 2. Reset a RAID5 system1. A TryRAID5 volume was built with three hard disks, we want to reset one of them. Select “3. Reset Disks to Non-RA

9854. A "DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED" screen pops out asking you to select a new hard disk for rebuilding. Here, we select WDC 232.9GB. Press &

995Exit RAID BIOS 1. Take TryRAID5 as an example, select “4. Exit” in main menu and press <Enter>. The screen displays :2. Press <Y> to ex

10055-4 Install a New Windows XP1. Press <DEL> to enter BIOS Setup during POST.2. Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive.3. S

10155. After some les are copied to your system, the following picture appears, press <S> to continue the specic driver installation.6. It wi

10257. Depending on South Bridge chip of your system, select appropriate driver for it. Here, we choose Intel® ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller. Press

411-2 Layout 1. IrDA Connector 16. Front Panel Connector 2. COM1 Connector 17. Power On Button 3. AUX Power Connector: PWR3 18. Reset Button

10359. Windows will display the partition of your system, you have to create partitions as many as you wish, assign them C:, D: or E: drive names. Aft

10455-5 Existing Windows XP with RAID built as data storage.When you already have a Windows XP system running at a traditional IDE hard disk, and you

10552. Copy section 5-2, BIOS Conguration. Shut down the computer, connect SATA hard disks to SATA ports, power on computer again.Press <Del> k

10655. Use Explorer to get into the Intel® driver directory which was previously copied to the desktop.6. Click on Setup.exe to install Intel® Matrix

10757. Install complete.8. In Windows Explorer, right click on My Computer, click on Manage, then click on Disk Management to format these new RAID di

108AppendixAppendix - CrossFireTM TechnologyIntroductionCrossFireTM technology is a newly introduced product from ATI Technologies. It is de-signed t

109Appendix4. Connect an auxiliary power source from the power supply to the graphics card. 5. Connect the DMS-59 cable to the DVI monitor connector a

110Appendix9. Double-click on the ATI Catalyst Control Center icon to launch it. Click “View”-->Select “Advanced View” -->Click “

511-3 Back Panel Connectors1. PS/2 Mouse PortUse the upper port (green) to connect a PS/2 mouse.2. PS/2 Keyboard PortUse the lower port (purple) to co

617. Audio PortsFor the denition of each audio port, please refer to the below table :8. RJ-45 LAN PortThe Gigabit Ethernet LAN port provides Interne

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 Cooler Install the CPUA. Locate the alignment keys on the motherboard CPU socket and the notches on the CPU.LG

29B. Follow the steps to install the CPU onto the CPU socket.2. Release the CPU socket lever.1. Remove protective socket cover.3. Lift the metal cover

210Install the CPU CoolerFollow the steps below to correctly install the CPU cooler on the motherboard. (The following procedures use Foxconn cooler a

2112-2 Install the MemoryDual Channel Memory CongurationThis motherboard provides four DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology. When

212Installing 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

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2132-3 Install an Expansion CardFollow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot.1. Locate an expansion slot that

2142-4 Install other Internal ConnectorsPower ConnectorsThis motherboard uses an ATX power supply. In order not to damage any device, make sure all th

2158-pin ATX 12V Power Connector : PWR2The 8-pin ATX 12V power supply connects to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU.Exclusive Graphics power Connecto

216Front Panel Connector : FP1This motherboard includes one connector for connecting the front panel switch and LED Indicators.Hard Disk LED Connector

217with a 9-pin D-sub connector at one end to connect with external RS232 device and another end with 10-pin female connector to connect with COM1 con

218section of the BIOS Setup. These fans will be automatically turned off after the system enters S3, S4 and S5 mode.2-5 JumpersFor some features need

219BIOS upgrading process, then the system will no longer be booted.With our BIOS TBL feature, you can get away from this worry. BIOS TBL is used to

This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.You have

321Enter BIOS SetupThe BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintai

322► Power Management FeaturesAll the items related with Green function features can be set up through this menu.► Hardware Health CongureThis setup

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323Standard BIOS FeaturesThis 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/d

324Fox Central Control Unit► Smart Power LED (Optional)Smart Power LED is a feature built on your motherboard to indicate different states during Powe

325Overclock OptionsInside Intel chipset, there is a ratio number (we called it FOX Ratio here) which is dened as the value of the memory clock divid

326An Overclocking System :A CPU FSB 800MHz system with a DDR2 667MHz memory installed, from the below table you can see, its Ratio number is set to 1

327► FOX Ratio SelectFOX Ratio is a number representing memory clock divided by CPU Clock. Select a memory speed, a FOX Ratio number, and try increasi

328Voltage Options► CPU Voltage Margining StepThis item is used to set the CPU voltage margining offset. You can adjust CPU voltage by a voltage step

329CPU Conguration► Super Clock FreeThis item is used for the Super Clock Free technology. It supports adjustable CPU Multiplier, perform better FSB,

330► Execute Disable BitThis item is used to enable/disable the Execute Disable Bit feature.Intel's Execute Disable Bit functionality can help pr

331Boot Conguration Features► Quick BootWhile Enabled, this option allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting, this will shorten the time needed

332► Wait For ‘F1’ If ErrorThis item is used to enable the waiting for ‘F1’ key to be pressed if error occurs.Enabling this option causes the system t

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333Advanced BIOS FeaturesUse the arrow keys to select the option; Press [Enter] to enter the submenu.The options are discussed below:IDE Conguration►

334AHCI provides more advanced features including SATA features, but some SATA drives may not support AHCI, unless they are labeled with AHCI support

335► AHCI CongurationWhen your motherboard supports AHCI, and you also set SATA Mode setting to [AHCI] or [RAID], then [Press Enter], you can read th

336OnBoardDevice 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

337power related chips. Other devices might include temperature, fan, or voltage sensors; and lid switches. PCI add-in cards may connect to an SMBus s

338PCI/PNP Resource ManagementIRQ and DMA SettingsThe BIOS has the capability to automatically congure all of the boot and Plug & Play compatible

339►IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15, DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7These items are used to set if the PCI/PnP card assign IRQ/DMA automatically.[Available] : Speci

340Power Management FeaturesACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard interfaces enabling OS-directed conguration

341► Suspend modeThis item is used to select the ACPI state used for system suspend. Options are :[S1 - Power On Standby]; [S3 - Suspend to RAM]; [Au

342Hardware Health Congure► Fan 1 Mode Setting (CPU FAN)This item is used to support SMART CPU FAN feature which allows system to adjust its fan spee

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343BIOS Security Features►Change Supervisor / User PasswordThis item is used to install or change supervisor / user password.After you input Superviso

344Load Optimal DefaultsOptimal defaults are the best settings of this mainboard. Always load the Optimal defaults after updating the BIOS or after cl

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

446Utility CD contentThis motherboard comes with one Utility CD. You can simply put it into your CD/DVD-ROM drive, and the main menu will be displayed

447Install driver and utility1. Install DriverYou must click "Intel Chipset Driver" to install it rst. After that, you can click "One

448FOX ONEFOX ONE is a powerful utility for easily modifying system settings. It also allows users to monitor various temperature values, voltage valu

449Show CPU InformationToolbarAlert LampSwitch ButtonExit MinimumHomepageMonitor Frequency/Voltage/Fan speed/Temperature valueCongurationSkin Button1

450Skin ButtonThere are more choices of FOX ONE screen panels provided. Click this button, you can select your favorite skin (FOX ONE Panel).ExitClick

451CongurationThis menu allows you to congure :1). Monitor interval (ms) :This is to dene the interval of which different messages of system settin

452Step 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

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4532. 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

454You 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

455FOX Intelligent Stepping (F.I.S., Optional)Select FOX Intelligent Stepping will allow your system to automatically adjust your CPU clock rate based

456Go to Limit Setting pageSet high limit by dragging the leverShow current CPU temperature valueEnable alert function when the CPU temperature is hig

457Set low limit rpm by dragging the leverShow current CPU fan rpm valueEnable alert function when the CPU fan runs slower than the low limit rpm valu

4584.5 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

4596. 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

604FOX LiveUpdateFOX LiveUpdate is a useful utility to backup and update your system BIOS, drivers and utilities by local or online.Supporting Operati

6141-2 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

6242. Online Update2-1 Online Update - Update BIOSThis page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new BIOS

Fan Control ...59 FOX LiveUpdate Local Update...

6342-3 Online Update - Update UtilityThis page lets you update utilities from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new utilities from Internet.

6443. 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

6543-2 Congure - SystemThis page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the Fox LiveUpdate utility. 3-3 Congure - Advanc

6644. About & HelpThis page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate.Click hereShow information about FOX LiveUpdate

674FOX 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

684FOX 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 : Installing a new Windows XP (Vista) in a brand new RAID system. Existing Windows XP (Vista) system

705Installing a new Windows XP (Vista) in a brand new RAID system.1. Follow 5-1 to create a RAID driver diskette. (Windows Vista has in-box driver

715RAID Conguration IntroductionRAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method for computer data storage schemes that divide and/or replicat

725RAID 0 (Stripe) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved among multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. T

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735Intel® Matrix Storage ManagerThe Intel® Matrix Storage technology supports RAID 0 ,RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 (0+1) functions. It allows you to ge

7451. Find another PC, put a diskette into its oppy drive A:, this diskette will be formatted later. Put the P35A driver CD into CD-ROM drive, after

7555. Double conrm if you really want to format this diskette. Click on "Yes" to continue.6. Format and writing are in processing.7. Check

7655-2 BIOS Conguration1. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing <DEL> key during the POST(Power On Self Test).2. Select the “Advanced BIOS Features”

775Create RAID VolumeCreate RAID 0 (1st Volume)1. Select “1. Create RAID Volume” from the menu and press <Enter>.The menu appears :2. In "N

7854. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to choose the hard disks for this RAID0 system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down ar

7956. It is now entering “Strip Size” menu. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the desired strip size. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. T

8058. In “Create Volume” item, press <Enter>. A warning message will appear : 9. Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main men

815Create RAID0 (2nd Volume)1. Select “1. Create RAID Volume” from the menu and press <Enter>. The menu appears :2. In "Name" item, w

8254. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to choose the hard disks for this RAID0 second volume system. 5. From the hard disk list, sel

211-1 Product SpecicationsCPU Support Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad processor / Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processor / Intel

8356. It goes to “Strip Size” menu directly. Capacity automatically displays 265.8GB, and at this time, you can not input any value in capacity as the

845A message will appear : Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main menu. Two RAID0 volumes were congured. Are you sure you w

855Create RAID 11. Select “1.Create RAID Volume” from the main menu and press <Enter>.2. In "Name" item, you can input a device name f

8654. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to choose the hard disks for this RAID1 system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down ar

8756. It will skip “Strip Size” menu for RAID1.7. In “Capacity” item, use the default value, and press <Enter>. The size of the smaller hard dis

885Create RAID 10 (0+1)1. Select “1.Create RAID Volume” from the main menu and press <Enter>.2. In "Name" item, you can input a device

8954. After exiting from "RAID Level", it goes directly to "Stripe Size" item. Because all four disks are selected for RAID10, so

905Create RAID5 (Parity)1. Select “1.Create RAID Volume” from the main menu and press <Enter>.2. In "Name" item, you can input a devic

9154. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to choose the hard disks for this RAID5 system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down ar

9256. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the desired strip size when entering “Strip Size” menu. The default value is 64K. Press <Enter>.7. In “