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... a RAID set 5-48 5.4.10 Verifying a RAID set hard disk drive 5-49 5.4.11 Making a RAID set bootable 5-50
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...
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...RAID and LAN driver installation for this motherboard.
• Appendix: Reference information This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when configuring the motherboard.
Where to find more information
Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates.
1. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on ASUS...
User Guide - Page 12
... Fan I/II ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS MyLogo2
AMI BIOS, 8 MB Flash ROM, Green, PnP, DMI, SMBIOS 2.3, WfM2.0, ACPI 2.0a
1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x PS/2 mouse port (green) 2 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x Parallel port 1 x Serial port (COM1) 1 x VGA port 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 4 x Serial ATA connectors 1 x Hard disk activity LED connector 1 x 68-pin SCSI...
User Guide - Page 35
...;gure it by adjusting the software settings.
1. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. See Chapter 4 for information on 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...
User Guide - Page 61
...;le on the bootable floppy disk.
A:\>afudos /iP5MTS.rom
4. The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS.
A:\>afudos /iP5MTS.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 ....... done Reading...
User Guide - Page 62
... to an available USB port, then place
the motherboard support CD to the optical drive. 3. Boot the system from the support CD, then select the
FreeDOS command prompt. 4. At the DOS prompt, replace the prompt with the USB flash
disk drive letter, then type: afudos /i[filename] 5. Follow the instructions in the previous section to update the
BIOS file.
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Chapter 4: BIOS setup
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... 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 Drivers menu appears. 2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
Quit all Microsoft® Windows® applications before you update the BIOS using this utility.
ASUS P5MT...
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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...
User Guide - Page 68
... 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...
User Guide - Page 101
... using separate disks independently and does not provide fault tolerance or other RAID performance benefits.
If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. Refer to Chapter 6 for details.
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... when installing Windows® 2000 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...
User Guide - Page 156
... RAID controller driver Windows® 2000/2003 Server OS
During Windows® 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 Windows® 2000/2003 Setup starts.
2. Press when the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI...
User Guide - Page 157
... Embedded SATA RAID.
• For Adaptec® AIC-7901X SCSI RAID driver, select Adaptec HostRAID U320 Driver ver. 1.02 for Windows 2000/XP/2003.
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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...tab then click the Device Manager button to display the list of devices installed in the system.
5. Right-click the RAID controller item, then select Properties.
6. Click the Driver tab, then click the Update Driver button.
7. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard window appears. Click Next.
8. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the floppy disk drive.
9. Select the option "Search...
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... Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers. The LSI
Logic Embedded SATA RAID and Adaptec AIC-7901 - Ultra320 SCSI Driver items should appear.
4. Right-click the RAID controller driver item, then select Properties from the menu.
5. Click the Driver tab, then click the Driver Details button to display the RAID controller drivers.
6. Click OK 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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Chapter 6: Driver installation
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... LAN driver 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 Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive...
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4. Click Next when the InstallShield Wizard window appears. Follow screen instructions to continue installation.
6.2.2 Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0
Follow these instructions when installing the Broadcom® Gigabit LAN controller base driver for the Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0 operating system.
Building the driver from the TAR file
Install first the Kernel Development tools ...
User Guide - Page 167
... 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 Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive. The
support CD automatically displays the Drivers...
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...feature
To use the Intel® EM64T feature:
1. Install an Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU that supports the Intel® EM64T. 2. Install a 64-bit operating system (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...