Foxconn Rattler User Manual

Rattler Series Motherboard User’s Manual

13Internal Connectors 4 x SATA2.0 connectors (Controlled by Intel® P67 ) 2 x SATA3.0 connectors (Controlled by

5934. Press <Space> key to select it and press <Enter>, it returns to the main menu. You can see the 74.5GB disk is ofine, and actions of

594Exit RAID BIOS 1. Take TryRAID5 as an example, select “5. Exit” in main menu and press <Enter>. The screen displays :2. Press <Y> to ex

5955-4 Install a New Windows XP1. Press <DEL> to enter BIOS Setup during POST.2. Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive.3. Se

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

5977. Depending on South Bridge chip of your system, select appropriate driver for it. Here, because the SATA mode is set to RAID, we choose "In

5989. 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. Afte

5995-5 Existing Windows XP with RAID built as data storageWhen you already have a Windows XP system running at a traditional IDE hard disk, and you wa

51002. 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

51015. 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

51027. 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

141-2 LayoutNote : The above motherboard layout is for reference only, please refer to the physical motherboard for detail.1. 8-pin ATX 12V Power Con

Appendix103ATI® CrossFireXTM TechnologyIntroductionATI® CrossFireXTM technology takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI ExpressTM bus ar

Appendix1045. Power on your computer and get into OS (Windows® XP 32-bit with SP2 or Windows® XP Professional 64-bit Edition).6. Install Microsoft’s .

151-3 Back Panel Connectors1. PS/2 Keyboard PortUse this port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard.2. USB PortsThe USB port supports the USB 3.0 (blue)

167. External SATA Ports (Only for Rattler)To connect external SATA device(s) to your system by expanding the internal SATA port(s) to the chassis bac

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

8282-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler Install the CPULocate the alignment keys on the motherboard CPU socket and the notches on the CPU. Re

929Follow the steps to install the CPU onto the CPU socket :2. Lift the metal cover on the CPU socket.3. Remove protective socket cover.5. When CPU

10210Install the CPU CoolerFollow the steps below to correctly install the CPU cooler on the motherboard. 1. Apply and spread an even thermal grease o

112112-2 Install the MemoryDual Channel Memory CongurationThis motherboard provides four DDR3 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology. Wh

12212Installing 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 midd

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132132-3 Install an Expansion CardFollow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot.1. Locate an expansion slot th

142142-4 Install other Internal ConnectorsPower ConnectorsThis motherboard uses an ATX power supply. In order not to damage any device, make sure all

15215Audio Connector : CD_INCD_IN is a Sony standard audio connector, it can be connected to a CD/DVD-ROM drive through a CD/DVD audio

16216Front Panel Connector : FP1This motherboard includes one connector for connecting the front panel switch and LED Indicators.Hard Disk LED Connect

17217S/PDIF Connector : SPDIF_OUT3The connector is used for S/PDIF output. Fan Connectors : CPU_FAN, FAN1/2, SYS_FA

182182-5 JumpersFor some features needed, users can change the jumper settings on this motherboard to modify them. This section explains how to use th

19219BIOS Select Jumper: BIOS_SELECTThe jumper is used to select a BIOS ROM to boot from. You can refer to the following table for reference.2-6 OnBoa

202202-7 OnBoard Debug LED2-digital LED readout displays hardware status and enables quick error diagnosis.OC Switch Button: OC_SW1/2/3You could press

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

322Enter BIOS SetupThe BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintai

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323MainBIOS Information► BIOS Vendor This item shows the BIOS vendor information.► BIOS Build Date This item shows the BIOS building date and

324Only).Month—month from 1 to 12.Date—date from 1 to 31.Year—year, set up by users.Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a eld. Use [+] or [-]

325AdvancedLegacy OpROM Support► Launch LAN 1/2 PXE OpROMThis item is used to enable or disable boot option for legacy network devices.► Launch Storag

326PCI Subsystem Settings► PCI Bus Driver Version This item shows the PCI bus driver version information.► PCI ROM PriorityThis item is used to sp

327► Maximum Read RequestThis item is used to set the maximum read request size of PCI Express Device, or you can set [Auto] to allow system BIOS to s

328This item determines whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3/STR resume.► S4 and S5 Wake-Up Power Supplywhen you select [Disabled], only the power bu

329SATA CongurationSATA Conguration► SATA ModeThis item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports. Setting options: [IDE Mode]; [AHCI Mod

330We will use SATA Port 0 as an example to explain the SATA ports features:► SATA Port 0This item shows the SATA device information connected to Port

331► USB Transfer time-outThis item is used to select a time-out value for Control,Bulk and Interrupt Transfers. Default value is [20 sec].► Device re

332Chipset► North Bridge/South Bridge/ME SubsystemPress <Enter> to go to its submenu.North Bridge► Total MemoryThis item displays the current us

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333► Low MMIO AlignThis item is used to align resources to low MMIO. Default option is: [1024M].► DMI Gen2This item is used to enable or disable the D

334► SLP_S4 Assertion Stretch EnableThis item is used to enable or disable the SLP-S4 assertion strech. ► SLP-S4 Assertion WidthThis item is used to s

335USB CongurationUSB Conguration ► All USB devicesThis item is used to enable or disable all the USB devices. ► EHCI Controller 1/2This item is us

336ME SubsystemIntel ME Subsystem Conguration► ME VersionThis item is used to show the ME version. ► ME SubsystemThis item is used to enable or disab

337BootBoot Conguration►Setup Prompt TimeoutThis item is used to set the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key.65535(0xFFFF) means inde

338Security► Administrator Password This item is used to install or change administrator password. After you input administrator password, it then wil

339Save & Exit ► Save Changes and Exit If you select this option and press <Enter>, a message will be displayed in the screen. Select [Yes]

340Select <Yes> and then press <Enter> to load the defaults. Select <No> and press <Enter>, it will not load. By this default,

341Quantum BIOS► CPU Conguration / Memory Settings / ALL Voltage Settings / OC Gear /Hardware Monitor Press <Enter> to go to relative

342CPU Conguration► Hyper-threading Hyper-Threading Technology allows one physical processor package to be perceived as two separate logical pr

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343► Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch (Appears only when CPU supports)The processor has a hardware adjacent cache line prefetch mechanism that automatical

344Memory Settings► CAS# Latency(tCL)This item dispalys the CAS Latency time. The CAS Latency is the number of clock cycles thatelapse from the time t

345All Voltage Settings► CPU Core Voltage ModeThis item is used to select the CPU Core Power Voltage setting. Options are:[Standard Mode], [Dynamic Mo

346OC Gear►Backup SlotThrough this item, you can backup your BIOS setting to slot or restore your backup setting to BIOS or erase your backup slot.Whe

347Hardware Monitor►CPU_FAN1 Control & SYS_FAN1/2/3 ControlThese item are used to select the mode of CPU_FAN1& SYS_FAN1/2/3. The default optio

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

49449Utility CD contentThis motherboard comes with one DVD, after installing the Operating System, you can simply put it into your DVD-ROM drive, and

50450Install driver and utility1. Install DriverUse these options to install all the drivers for your system. You must click "Intel Chipset Drive

514512. Install UtilityUse these options to install additional software programs. 3. Utility HelpClick this button to view the utility(AEGIS PANEL,FOX

52452AEGIS PANELAegis Panel, is a Windows innovation tool which provides settings of OC gear, overclocking, fan control and alarm function. It also di

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534532. HW MonitorClick on "HW Monitor" icon , its panel appears. By moving the mouse on the voltage icon, it will display voltage

544542.2 HW Monitor - FanMove the mouse on the fan icon , its menu appears. Click on the fan icon to get into the fan setting menu. It allows

554553. OverclockingClick "Overclocking" icon to enter the overclok setting menu. It allows you to adjust CPU clock, and to change

56456FOX 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 scree

57457FOX DMIFOX DMI is a full Desktop Management Interface viewer, and it provides three DMI data formats : Report, Data Fields and Memory Dump. With

58458Browser Conguration UtilityBrowser Conguration Utility is a browser search engine of Yahoo. We provide it to you for various choice.Supporting

This chapter will cover two topics : Installing a new Windows XP (Vista) in a brand new RAID system. Existing Windows XP (Vista) system

560Installing 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

561RAID Conguration IntroductionRAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method for computer data storage schemes that divide and/or replicat

562RAID 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

BIOS Conguration ...66 Create RAID in BIOS...

563Intel® Matrix Storage ManagerThe Intel® Matrix Storage Manager technology supports RAID 0 ,RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 (0+1) functions. It allows y

5641. 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

5659. Check if the diskette contains the driver les. Later, when in the process of installing Windows XP in your RAID system, it will ask you to use

5665-2 BIOS Conguration1. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing <DEL> key during the POST(Power On Self Test).2. Use the arrow right/left keys to se

567Create RAID VolumeCreate RAID 0 (1st Volume)1. Select “1. Create RAID Volume” from the menu and press <Enter>.The menu appears :2. In "N

5684. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to display the hard disks list for this RAID0 system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or D

5696. 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

5708. In “Create Volume” item, press <Enter>. A warning message will appear : 9. Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main men

571Create RAID0 (2nd Volume)1. Select “1. Create RAID Volume” from the menu and press <Enter>. The menu appears :2. In "Name" item, w

5724. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to display the hard disks list for this RAID0 second volume system. 5. From the hard disk lis

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5736. It goes to “Strip Size” menu directly. Capacity automatically displays 148.1GB, and at this time, you can not input any value in capacity as the

574A 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

575Create 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

5764. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to dispaly the hard disks list for this RAID1 system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or D

5776. 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

578Create 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

5794. After exiting from "RAID Level", it goes directly to "Stripe Size" item. Because all four disks are selected for RAID10, so

580Create RAID5 (Parity)1. Select “1.Create RAID Volume” from the main menu and press <Enter>.2. In "Name" item, you can input a devic

5814. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to display the hard disks list for this RAID5 system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up or D

5826. 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 “

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583Create Recovery1. Select “1.Create RAID Volume” from the main menu and press <Enter>.2. In "Name" item, you can input a device name

5844. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to display the hard disks list for this Recovery system. 5. From the hard drive list, use Up o

5856. It will skip “Strip size” and “Capacity” items. The default “Capacity” value is the smaller hard disk size, that is 74.5GB. In “Sync” item, we s

586Delete 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

5873. After <DEL> key is pressed, the screen appears as below:Press <Y> key to conrm the volume deletion.4. Return to Main Menu.

588Reset 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.

5893. Select Hitachi hard disk as the one to be reset. Press <Enter>. A double conrmation message pops out, press <Y> to conrm.4. It goe

590Example 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

5914. A "DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED" screen pops out asking you to select a new hard disk for rebuilding. Here, we select ST 74.5GB. Press <

592Recovery Volume Options1. “Recovery Volume Options” is only available when “Recovery” is built. Here, we take TryRecovery as an example, select “4.