Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2H: Chapter 5 Appendix

Create Arrays Manually

To create a new array, press <2> to enter the Dene LD Menu window (Figure 4). The Dene LD selection

from the Main Menu allows users to begin the process of manually dening the drive elements and RAID

levels for one or multiple disk arrays.

Option ROM Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

[DeneLDMenu]

LD No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (GB) Status

LD 1 ---- ---- ----- ----

LD 2 ---- ---- ----- ----

LD 3 ---- ---- ----- ----

LD 4 ---- ---- ----- ----

LD 5 ---- ---- ----- ----

LD 6 ---- ---- ----- ----

LD 7 ---- ---- ----- ----

LD 8 ---- ---- ----- ----

LD 9 ---- ---- ----- ----

LD 10 ---- ---- ----- ----

[ Keys Available ]

[

h

] Up [

i

] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select

Figure 4

In Figure 4, use the up or down arrow key to move to a logical disk set and press <Enter> to enter the RAID

conguration menu (Figure 5).

Option ROM Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

[DeneLDMenu]

LD No RAID Mode Total Drv

LD 1 RAID 0 0

Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

[ Drives Assignments ]

Channel:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity (GB) Assignment

1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 79.89 N

2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 80.02 N

[ Keys Available ]

[ Keys Available ]

[

h

] Up [

i

] Down [ESC] Exit [Space] Change [Ctrl-Y] Save [PgUp/Dn] Page Change

Figure 5

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In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as an example.

1. Under the RAID Mode section, press the <SPACE> key to select RAID 0.

2. Set the Stripe Block size. 64 KB is the default.

3. Under the Drives Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to highlight a drive.

4. Press the <SPACE> key or <Y>to change the Assignment option to Y. This action adds the drive to the

disk array. The Total Drv section will show the number of disks assigned.

5. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> keys to save the information. The window below will appear.

Fast Initialization option has been selected

It will erase the MBR data of the disk.

<Press Ctrl-Y key if you are sure to erase it>

<Press any other key to ignore this option>

Figure 6

6. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> to clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore this option. Then, the window below

will appear.

Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any

other key to use maximum capacity...

Figure 7

7. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> to set the capacity of the RAID array or press other keys to set the array to its maxi-

mum capacity.

8. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to Dene LD Menu where you will see the newly-

created array.

9. Press <Esc> to return to Main Menu and press <Esc> again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS utility.

View Drive Assignments

The View Drive Assignments option in the Main Menu displays whether the attached hard drives are as-

signed to a disk array or are unassigned. Under the Assignment column, drives are labeled with their as-

signed disk array or shown as Free if unassigned.

Option ROM Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

[ View Drives Assignments ]

Channel:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity (GB) Assignment

1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 79.89

Extent 1 79.82 LD 1-1

2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 80.2

Extent 1 80.02 LD 1-2

[ Keys Available ]

[

h

] Up [

i

] Down [ESC] Exit [Ctrl+H] Secure Erase [PgUp/Dn] Page Change

Figure 8

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Delete an Array

The Delete Array menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments.

Deleting an existing disk array could result in loss of data. Record all array information including the

array type, the disk members, and stripe block size in case you wish to undo a deletion.

1. To delete an array, press <3> in the Main Menu to enter the Delete LD Menu. Then highlight the array you

wish to delete and press the <Delete> key or the <Alt>+<D> keys.

2. The View LD Denition Menu will appear (as shown in Figure 9) showing which drives are assigned to

this array. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> if you are sure to delete the array or other keys to abort.

3. When the array is deleted, the screen will return to Delete LD Menu. Press <Esc>to return to Main Menu.

Option ROM Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

[ViewLDDenitionMenu]

LD No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (GB) Status

LD 1 RAID 0 2 157.99 Functional

Stripe Block: 64KB Cache Mode: WriteThru

[ Drives Assignments ]

Channel:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity (GB)

1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 79.89

2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 80.02

Press Ctrl-Y to delete the data in the disk!

or press any other key to abort...

[ Keys Available ]

[ Keys Available ]

Figure 9

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5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette

(Required for AHCI and RAID Mode)

To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are congured to RAID/AHCI mode,

you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive may

not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from

the motherboard driver disk to a oppy disk. For installing Windows Vista, you also can copy the SATA con-

troller driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB ash drive. See the instructions below about how to

copy the driver in MS-DOS and Windows mode.

In MS-DOS mode:

Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted oppy disk.

Steps:

1: Boot from the startup disk.

2: Remove the startup disk and insert the prepared oppy disk and the motherboard driver disk (here we as-

sume that the drive letter for your optical drive is D:\).

3: At the A:\> prompt, type the following command. Press <Enter> after the command (Figure 1):

(Note)

A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\sb7xx\x86\*.*

Figure 1

In Windows mode:

Steps:

1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk.

2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe le in the BootDrv folder (Figure 2). A Command

Prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 3.

3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the

menu and press <Enter>. For example, from the menu in Figure 3, to install Windows XP to the RAID/

AHCI hard drives, select 3) SB7xx RAID Driver for XP.

Your system will then automatically copy the driver les to the oppy disk. Press any key to exit when nished.

Figure 3

Figure 2

(Note) Change the directory from \x86 to \x64 if you wish to copy the Windows 64-bit driver.

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5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System

With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows Vista/

XP onto your hard drive(s). The followings are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation.

A. Installing Windows XP

Step 1:

Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the mes-

sage "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). A screen will then appear

asking you to specify additional device.

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.

Figure 1

Step 2:

Insert the oppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press <S>. Then a controller menu similar

to Figure 2 below will appear. Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press

<Enter>.

Windows Setup

  YouhavechosentocongureaSCSIAdapterforusewithWindows,

using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC

to return to the previous screen.

AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform

AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

Figure 2

Step 3:

On the next screen, press <Enter> to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you can pro-

ceed with the Windows XP installation.

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B. Installing Windows Vista

(The procedure below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.)

Step 1:

Restart your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.

When a screen similar to that below appears (RAID hard drive will not be detected at this stage), select Load

Driver (Figure 3).

Figure 3

Step 2:

Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the removable storage device such as USB ash drive that

contains the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 4). Note: For

users using a SATA optical drive, be sure to copy the driver les from the motherboard driver disk to a USB

ash drive before installing Windows Vista (go to the BootDrv folder and save the whole SB750V folder to

the USB ash drive). Then use Method B to load the driver.

Method A:

Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system and browse to the following directory:

\BootDrv\SB750V\LH

For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the LH64A folder.

Method B:

Insert the USB ash drive containing the driver les and browse to the LH (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or

LH64A (for Windows Vista 64-bit) folder.

Figure 4

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Step 3:

When a screen as shown in Figure 5 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press

Next.

Figure 5

Step 4:

After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue

the OS installation (Figure 6).

Figure 6

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Rebuilding an Array:

Rebuilding is the process of restoring data to a hard drive from other drives in the array. Rebuilding applies

only to fault-tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 arrays. To replace the old drive, make sure

to use a new drive of equal or greater capacity. The procedures below assume a new drive is added to re-

place a failed drive to rebuild a RAID 1 array.

While in the operating system, make sure the chipset drivers and ATi RAID Utility have been installed from

the motherboard driver disk. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from All Programs in the Start Menu.

Step 1:

Step 2:

Enter the login ID and password (default: "admin"),

Select the RAID array to be rebuilt under Logical

and then click Sign in to launch AMD RAIDXpert.

Drive View and click the Rebuild tab in the Logi-

cal Drive Information pane.

Step 3:

Step 4:

Select one available drive and click Start Now to

The rebuilding progress is displayed on the

start the rebuilding process.

screen and you can select Pause/Resume/

Abort/Restart during the rebuilding process.

Step 5:

When done, the array's status on the Information page

in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as

Functional.

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5-2 Conguring Audio Input and Output

5-2-1 Conguring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio

The motherboard provides six audio jacks on the back

(Note)

panel which support 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

audio.

The picture to the right shows the default audio jack

Center/Subwoofer

Line In

Speaker Out

assignments.

Rear Speaker Out Front Speaker Out

The integrated HD (High Definition) audio provides

Side

Mic In

jack retasking capability that allows the user to change

Speaker Out

the function for each jack through the audio driver.

For example, in a 4-channel audio conguration, if a Side speaker is plugged into the default Center/Sub-

woofer speaker out jack, you can retask the Center/Subwoofer speaker out jack to be Side speaker out.

• To install a microphone, connect your microphone to the Mic in jack and manually congure the

jack for microphone functionality.

• Audio signals will be present on both of the front and back panel audio connections simultane-

ously. If you want to mute the back panel audio (only supported when using an HD front panel

audio module), refer to instructions on the next page.

High Denition Audio (HD Audio)

HD Audio includes multiple high quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that support 44.1KHz/48KHz/

96KHz/192KHz sampling rate. HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities that allow multiple audio

streams (in and out) to be simultaneously processed. For example, users can listen to MP3 music, have an

Internet chat, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. all at the same time.

A. Conguring Speakers

(The following instructions use Windows Vista as the example operating system.)

Step 1:

After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager

icon will appear in the notication area. Double-click

the icon to access the HD Audio Manager.

(Note) 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio Congurations:

Refer to the following for multi-channel speaker congurations.

• 2-channel audio: Headphone or Line out.

• 4-channel audio: Front speaker out and Rear speaker out.

• 5.1-channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, and Center/Subwoofer speaker out.

• 7.1-channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, Center/Subwoofer speaker out, and Side speaker out.

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Step 2:

Connect an audio device to an audio jack. The The cur-

rent connected device is dialog box appears. Select the

device according to the type of device you connect. Then

click OK.

Step 3:

On the Speakers screen, click the Speaker Congura-

tion tab. In the Speaker Conguration list, select Stereo,

Quadraphonic, 5.1 Speaker, or 7.1 Speaker according to

the type of speaker conguration you wish to set up. Then

the speaker setup is completed.

B. Conguring Sound Effect

You may congure an audio environment on the Sound Effects tab.

C. Activating an AC'97 Front Panel Audio Module

If your chassis provides an AC'97 front panel audio mod-

ule, to activate the AC'97 functionality, click the tool icon

on the Speaker Configuration tab. On the Connector

Settings dialog box, select the Disable front panel jack

detection check box. Click OK to complete.

D. Muting the Back Panel Audio (For HD Audio Only)

Click Device advanced settings on the top right corner

on the Speaker Configuration tab to open the Device

advanced settings dialog box. Select the Mute the rear

output device, when a front headphone plugged in

check box. Click OK to complete.

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5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure

If you encounter any troubles during system startup, follow the troubleshooting procedure below to solve the

problem.

START

Turn off the power. Remove all peripherals, connecting cables, and

power cord etc.

Make sure the motherboard does not short-circuit with the chassis or

Yes

Isolate the short circuit.

other metal objects.

No

The problem is veried and solved.

Secure the CPU cooler

Check if the CPU cooler is attached to the CPU securely. Is the pow-

No

on the CPU. Connect the

er connector of the CPU cooler connected to the CPU_FAN header

CPU cooler power cable

properly?

to the motherboard.

Yes

The problem is veried and solved.

Correctly insert the

No

Check if the memory is installed properly on the memory slot.

memory into the memory

socket.

Yes

The problem is veried and solved.

Insert the graphics card. Connect the ATX main power cable and the

12V power cable. Turn on the power to start the computer.

Make sure the graphics card is securely seated in the

expansion slot and power connectors are rmly attached.

A

(Continued...)

Appendix - 96 -

A

No

The power supply, CPU or

When the computer is turned on, is the CPU cooler running?

CPU socket might fail.

Yes

The problem is veried and solved.

The graphics card,

No

Check if there is display on your monitor.

expansion slot, or monitor

might fail.

Yes

The problem is veried and solved.

Turn off the computer. Plug in the keyboard and mouse and restart

the computer.

No

The keyboard or keyboard

Check if the keyboard is working properly.

connector might fail.

Yes

The problem is veried and solved.

Press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup. Select "Load Fail-Safe De-

faults" (or "Load Optimized Defaults"). Select "Save & Exit Setup" to

save changes and exit BIOS Setup.

The IDE/SATA device,

Turn off the computer and connect the IDE/SATA devices. Check if

No

connector, or cable might

the system can boot successfully.

fail.

Yes

The problem is veried and solved.

Reinstall the operating system. Reinstall other devices one by one

(install one device at one time and then boot the system to see if the

device works successfully).

END

If the procedure above is unable to solve your problem, contact the place of purchase or local

dealer for help. Or go to the Support&Downloads\Technical Service Zone page to submit your

question. Our customer service staff will reply you as soon as possible.

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5-4 Regulatory Statements

Regulatory Notices

This document must not be copied without our written permission, and the contents there of must not be

imparted to a third party nor be used for any unauthorized purpose. Contravention will be prosecuted. We

believe that the information contained herein was accurate in all respects at the time of printing. GIGABYTE

cannot, however, assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this text. Also note that the informa-

tion in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by

GIGABYTE.

Our Commitment to Preserving the Environment

In addition to high-efciency performance, all GIGABYTE motherboards fulll European Union regulations

for RoHS (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and WEEE

(Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) environmental directives, as well as most major worldwide safety

requirements. To prevent releases of harmful substances into the environment and to maximize the use of

our natural resources, GIGABYTE provides the following information on how you can responsibly recycle or

reuse most of the materials in your "end of life" product.

Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive Statement

GIGABYTE products have not intended to add and safe from hazardous substances (Cd, Pb, Hg, Cr+6,

PBDE and PBB). The parts and components have been carefully selected to meet RoHS requirement. More-

over, we at GIGABYTE are continuing our efforts to develop products that do not use internationally banned

toxic chemicals.

Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Statement

GIGABYTE will fulll the national laws as interpreted from the 2002/96/EC WEEE (Waste Electrical and Elec-

tronic Equipment) directive. The WEEE Directive species the treatment, collection, recycling and disposal of

electric and electronic devices and their components. Under the Directive, used equipment must be marked,

collected separately, and disposed of properly.

WEEE Symbol Statement

The symbol shown below is on the product or on its packaging, which indicates that this product

must not be disposed of with other waste. Instead, the device should be taken to the waste

collection centers for activation of the treatment, collection, recycling and disposal procedure.

The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will help to

conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health

and the environment. For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling,

please contact your local government ofce, your household waste disposal service or where you purchased

the product for details of environmentally safe recycling.



When your electrical or electronic equipment is no longer useful to you, "take it back" to your local or

regional waste collection administration for recycling.



If you need further assistance in recycling, reusing in your "end of life" product, you may contact us at the

Customer Care number listed in your product's user's manual and we will be glad to help you with your

effort.

Appendix - 98 -

Finally, we suggest that you practice other environmentally friendly actions by understanding and using the

energy-saving features of this product (where applicable), recycling the inner and outer packaging (including

shipping containers) this product was delivered in, and by disposing of or recycling used batteries properly.

With your help, we can reduce the amount of natural resources needed to produce electrical and electronic

equipment, minimize the use of landlls for the disposal of "end of life" products, and generally improve our

quality of life by ensuring that potentially hazardous substances are not released into the environment and

are disposed of properly.

China Restriction of Hazardous Substances Table

The following table is supplied in compliance with China's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (China

RoHS) requirements:

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Appendix - 100 -

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