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User Guide - Page 4
...(Z8NA-D6 model only 2-22 2.5.12 Installing the audio card 2-23 2.5.13 Connect Thermal sensor cable 2-23 2.6 Jumpers 2-24 2.7 Connectors 2-29 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 2-29 2.7.2 Internal connectors 2-30
Chapter 3: Powering up 3.1 Starting up for the first time 3-3 3.2 Powering off the computer 3-4
3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function 3-4
Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1 Managing and updating...
User Guide - Page 6
...the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 5-34
Chapter 6: Driver installation
6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3
6.1.1 6.1.2 6.1.3
Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 Windows® OS 6-6 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 6-9
6.1.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS 6-12
6.2 Intel chipset device software installation 6-15
6.3 LAN driver installation 6-19
6.4 Display driver installation 6-23...
User Guide - Page 9
...to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
• Chapter 5: RAID configuration
This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities.
• Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different...
User Guide - Page 38
... the 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 66
... utility copies the current BIOS file to the USB flash disk drive.
A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.rom AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reading flash ..... done Write to file...... ok A:\>
The utility returns to the DOS prompt after copying the current BIOS file.
Updating the BIOS file To update the BIOS file...
User Guide - Page 69
... example, you 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 LPC chip.
The LPC chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the...
User Guide - Page 105
5.1 Setting up RAID
The motherboard comes with the following RAID solutions:
The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH10R southbridge controller that supports the following SATA RAID solutions:
• LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (default) with RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support (for both Linux and Windows OS). (Z8NA-D6 model only)
• Intel Matrix Storage Manager with RAID ...
User Guide - Page 107
... the SATA hard disk drives.
2. During POST, the LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility automatically detects the installed SATA hard disk drives and displays any existing RAID set(s). Press + to enter the utility.
LSI MegaRAID Software RAID BIOS Version A.08 09161344R
LSI SATA RAID Found at PCI Bus No: Dev No:1F
Device present at Port 0
ST3160812AS
152114MB
Device present at Port...
User Guide - Page 138
Chapter summary
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6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.2 Intel chipset device software installation 6-15 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-19 6.4 Display driver installation 6-23 6.5 Management application and utilities installation 6-26
ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series
User Guide - Page 139
... the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the system/motherboard support DVD or from the Internet.
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® or Red...
User Guide - Page 140
... Intel RAID Driver
ICH10R INTEL RAID Driver Windows 32 bit Windows 64 bit Back Exit
ICH10R LSI RAID Driver ICH10R LSI RAID Driver
Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit Windows Vista 64 bit Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Server 2008...bit SLES 10 SP2 32 bit SLES 10 SP2 64 bit Back Exit
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User Guide - Page 142
...driver...
3. The next screen appears. Press to specify an additional device.
Windows Setup
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s):
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers...
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... disk
into Drive A: * Press ENTER when ready.
ENTER=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit
5. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list, then press . 6. The Windows® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the RAID driver
disk. When next screen appears, press to continue installation. 7. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to
continue.
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User Guide - Page 144
...click the My Computer icon on the Windows® desktop , then select
Properties from the menu.
4. Click the Hardware 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...
User Guide - Page 145
... OS
To install the RAID controller driver when installing�R��e�d�H��a�t® Enterprise OS:
1. Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation CD. 2. At the boot:, type linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2..., then
press .
The number of ata varies with the hard disk drive number you have when building a RAID set. For...
User Guide - Page 149
... F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver
6. When below screen appears, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press .
Please choose the Driver Update medium.
fd0: Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, TEAC DV-516E sda: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS sdb: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS Other device
OK
Back
The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system.
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User Guide - Page 151
...; chipset software on a Windows operating system. To install the Intel® chipset software:
1. Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support
DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. 3. Click the item Intel Chipset Device Software from the menu.
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4. The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software window appears. Click Next to start the installation.
5. Select Yes to accept the terms of the License Agreement and continue the process.
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User Guide - Page 155
... the optical drive. The DVD
automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file AUTORUN.EXE and double-click the AUTORUN.EXE and follow step 4 to run the installation.
3. Click Intel® PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapters Driver.
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4. When the Intel® PRO Network Connections - InstallShield Wizard window appears, click Next to start the installation.
5. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next to continue.
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