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Contents
Chapter 6: Driver installation
6.1 RAID driver installation 6-1 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-1 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-2
6.2 LAN driver installation 6-11 6.2.1 Windows® 2000/2003 Server 6-11 6.2.2 Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 6-12
6.3 VGA driver installation 6-13 6.3.1 Windows® 2000 Server 6-13 6.3.2 Windows® 2003 Server 6-14 6.3.3...
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... settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
• Chapter 5: RAID configuration This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
• Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers...
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... BIOS 2 ASUS MyLogo2
BIOS features
AMI BIOS, 8 MB Flash ROM, Green, PnP, DMI, SMBIOS 2.3, WfM2.0, ACPI 2.0a
Rear panel
Internal connectors
PS/2 keyboard port (purple) PS/2 mouse port (green) 2 x USB 2.0 ports Printer port Serial port (COM1) VGA port 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports
Floppy disk drive connector IDE connector 4 x Serial ATA connectors 2 x CPU fan connectors 4 x system fan 24-pin SSI power...
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... BIOS setup.
2. Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the tables on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for the expansion card.
When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable.
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... (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and software RAID 5 configuration using the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology or RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 configuration using the LSI MegaRAID® utility embedded on the Intel...
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...A:\>afudos /iP5MT.rom
Use the appropriate BIOS file depending on your motherboard model (e.g. P5MT.ROM or P5MTSCSI.ROM)
4. The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS.
A:\>afudos /iP5MT.ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING!! Do not turn off power during flash BIOS Reading file...
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...with the motherboard package.
ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The D r i v e r s menu appears. 2. Click the U t i l i t i e s tab, then click I n s t a l l A S U S U p d a t e
V X . X X . X X. 3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to...
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... the BIOS version that you wish to download. Click Next.
5. Follow the screen instructions to complete the update process.
The ASUS Update utility is capable of updating itself through the Internet. Always update the utility to avail all its features.
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
To update the BIOS through a BIOS file:
1. Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows® desktop by...
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... can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the firmware hub.
The firmware hub on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you...
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... want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, set this item to [IDE].
Set this item to [RAID] if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or software RAID 5 configuration using the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager or if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 configuration using the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility.
The AHCI allows...
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... RAID
The motherboard comes with the following RAID solutions:
P5MT model
• LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID technology embedded in the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge supports up to two SATA hard disk drives and RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 configurations.
P5MT/SCSI model
• LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID
• LSI53C1020A PCI-X SCSI controller supports SCSI hard disk drives and RAID 0, RAID...
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...when installing Windows® 2000/XP or Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0/SuSE operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk application in the support CD).
To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment:
1. Place the motherboard support CD in the optical drive. 2. Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup...
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6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver
Windows® 2000/2003 Server OS
D u r i n g W i n d o w s® 2000/2003 Server OS installation To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows® 2000/ 2003 Server OS: 1. Boot the computer using the Windows® 2000/2003 Server installation CD. The W i n d o w s® 2 0 0 0 / 2 0 0 3 S e t u p starts.
2. Press when the message ...
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...- X S C S I c o n t r o l l e r driver, select L S I L o g i c P C I / S C S I / F C M P I M i n i p o r t D r i v e r (P5MT/SCSI model only).
6. The Windows® 2000/2003 Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the RAID driver disk. When prompted, press to continue installation.
7. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue.
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...e x t.
8. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the floppy disk drive.
9. Select the option "S e a r c h f o r a s u i t a b l e d r i v e r f o r m y d e v i c e ( r e c o m m e n d e d ), then click N e x t.
10. The wizard searches the RAID controller drivers. When found, click N e x t to install the drivers.
11. Click F i n i s h after the driver installation is done.
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Chapter...
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... m b e d d e d S A T A R A I D item and the L S I L o g i c P C I / S C S I / F C M P I M i n i p o r t D r i v e r items should appear.
4. Right-click the RAID controller driver item, then select P r o p e r t i e s from the menu.
5. Click the D r i v e r tab, then click the D r i v e r D e t a i l s button to display the RAID controller drivers.
6. Click O K when finished.
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4. When prompted, insert the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive, then press .
5. When prompted, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium, select OK, then press .
The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system.
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... installation
This section provides instructions on how to install the Broadcom® Gigabit LAN controller drivers.
6.2.1 Windows® 2000/2003 Server
To install the Broadcom® Gigabit LAN controller driver on a Windows® 2000/2003 Server OS:
1. Restart the computer, then log on with A d m i n i s t r a t o r privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive...
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... Adapter (VGA) driver.
6.3.1 Windows® 2000 Server
You need to manually install the ATI® RAGE XL VGA driver on a Windows® 2000 Server operating system. To install the ATI® RAGE XL VGA driver:
1. Restart the computer, then log on with A d m i n i s t r a t o r privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive. The
support CD automatically displays...
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...Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU that supports the Intel® EM64T. 2. Install a 64-bit operating system (Windows® XP Professional x64
Edition or Windows® Server 2003 x64 Edition). 3. Install the 64-bit drivers for the motherboard components and devices
from the support CD. 4. Install the 64-bit drivers for expansion cards or add-on devices, if any.
Refer to the expansion card or add-on...