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English Manual. - Page 6
... Power Management Setup 40 PC Health Status 42 BIOS Security Features 44 Load Optimal Defaults 44 Save Changes and Exit 44 Discard Changes and Exit 44
Chapter 4 CD Instruction Utility CD content 46 Install driver and utility 47 FOX ONE Main Page 49 CPU Control 53 Frequency Control 55 Limit Setting 56 Voltage Control 58
Fan Control 59 FOX LiveUpdate
Local Update 60
Online Update...
English Manual. - Page 7
...RAID Enable in BIOS 79 Select a RAID Array for Use 79 Install a New Windows XP 95 Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array 99
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Memory, VGA...
English Manual. - Page 10
... 1 x VGA port 1 x HDMI port 1 x DVI-D port 6 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x RJ-45 LAN port 1 x ESATA Port 8-channel Audio ports
Hardware Monitor System voltage detection CPU/System temperature detection CPU/System/NB fan speed detection CPU overheating warning CPU/System/NB fan speed control
PCI Express x1 Support 250MB/s (500MB/s concurrent) bandwidth Low power consumption and power...
English Manual. - Page 19
... an Expansion Card
!
■ Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual that came with your expansion card.
■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage.
PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16
PCI
Follow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the...
English Manual. - Page 29
... / BIOS Version
It displays the current BIOS ID/version. User can check this information and discuss with the field service people if a BIOS upgrade is needed. ► Memory Size This item displays the current memory size. The size is depending on how many memory modules were installed in your system before powering on. ► MAC Address This item shows the onboard LAN MAC address. ► CPU...
English Manual. - Page 39
... from different display devices. Setting values are: [GFX0-IGFX-PCI], [PCI-GFX0-IGFX], [IGFX-GFX0-PCI]. (GFX0-PCI Express x16 graphics card; IGFX-onboard VGA; PCI-PCI graphics card.)
► Surround View SurroundView is the ATI technology that provides multi-graphics controller display capability for both the ATI PCIe-based graphics card and the ATI integrated graphics processor (IGP). Enabling...
English Manual. - Page 43
...a Host Controller for Serial ATA. The specification includes a description of the hardware/software interface between system software and the host controller hardware. AHCI provides more advanced features including SATA features, but some SATA drives may not support AHCI, unless they are labeled with AHCI support in its specification. If your motherboard supporting AHCI, and you have a SATA device...
English Manual. - Page 52
The utility CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the motherboard features.
This chapter includes the following information: ■ Utility CD content ■ Install driver and utility ■ FOX ONE ■ FOX LiveUpdate ■ FOX LOGO ■ FOX DMI ■ Browser Configuration Utility
Note : Because each module is independent...
English Manual. - Page 53
...to restart your computer after all the drivers have been installed.
A. AMD Chipset Driver B. Realtek HDA Audio Driver C. Realtek 811X LAN Driver D. AMD VGA Driver E. AMD RAID Driver*1 F. ATI HDMI Audio Driver
2. Software Utilities Use these options to install additional software programs. FOX ONE is a very powerful user interface program which allows you to change your system setting without going...
English Manual. - Page 67
... to backup and update your system BIOS, drivers and utilities by local or online.
Supporting Operating Systems : ■ Windows 2000 ■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit) ■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) ■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) ■ Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Using FOX LiveUpdate :
1. Local Update 1-1 Local Update - BIOS Information
This page...
English Manual. - Page 69
... Update - Update BIOS
This page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet. Click "start", it will search the new BIOS from Internet. Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation.
Click here
4
Current information
Select BIOS to update
Search new BIOS from Internet
Browse detailed information Update BIOS Close the window
2-2 Online Update - Update Driver This page lets you update...
English Manual. - Page 70
... driver to update
Browse detailed information Install the selected driver
Close the window
2-3 Online Update - Update Utility This page lets you update utilities from Internet. Click "start", it will search the new utilities from Internet. Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation.
Click here
4
Select the utility to update 63
Current information
Search new utilities from Internet...
English Manual. - Page 71
...2-4 Online Update - Update All This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click "start", it will search all new BIOS/drivers/utilities from Internet. Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation.
Click here
Current information
Search all new BIOS/ drivers/utilities from Internet
Close the window
Browse detailed BIOS information
Browse detailed driver information
Browse...
English Manual. - Page 78
... ROM Utility ■ Create a RAID Driver Diskette ■ RAID Enable in BIOS ■ Select a RAID Array for use ■ Install a New Windows XP ■ Setting up a Non-Bootable RAID Array The RAID BIOS Setup pictures shown in this chapter are for reference only, please refer to the practical screen.
A88GM does not support RAID 5, only supports RAID 0, 1, 10, RAID Ready and JBOD. A88GM Deluxe...
English Manual. - Page 79
... existing Windows XP system, it includes : 1. Set RAID enabled in BIOS. 2. Follow 5-3 to select a RAID array for use. 3. Run setup program to install AMD RAID driver into your current Windows XP
system. 4. Use Administrative Tools in Control Panel to format new RAID array. What kinds of hardware and software you need here : 1. A DVD-ROM drive. 2. Several SATA hard disks. 3. A motherboard driver CD...
English Manual. - Page 84
... will be used during Windows XP installation later.
1. Find a PC, put a diskette into its floppy drive A:, this diskette will be formatted later. Put the driver CD into DVD-ROM drive.
2. Depending on which platform your system is, normally, it is a 32-bit XP system. Use Windows explorer, and go to CD:\Driver\ AMD\RAID\Floppy\WinXP\, click on RaidTool icon...
English Manual. - Page 102
... restarts : 1. Press to enter BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive. 3. Set the "1st Boot Device" to "CD/DVD-ROM", save changes and exit BIOS.
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Boot Device Priority
Boot Device Priority Item Help
1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device
[CDR/DOVMD]: SS-DVD...
English Manual. - Page 103
...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 device(s): * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drivers, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If...
English Manual. - Page 107
...+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit
3. Exit Option ROM Utility and restart computer to go to Windows. 4. In Windows, click "Cancel" to skip any "Found New Hardware Wizard".
Use driver CD and click on "AMD RAID Driver" to install the AMD RAID driver. The RAID driver will be installed only when you select "RAID" in "OnChip SATA Type" setting. If you do not select RAID, then RAID driver will not be...
English Manual. - Page 108
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5. After the AMD RAID driver is installed, it will ask you to click "Finish" to restart your computer.
6. When Windows starts, a message is prompting you to reboot again. Click "Yes" to restart your computer.
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