Document Outline

• Contents
  • Notices
  • Safety information
  • About this guide
• Chapter 1: Product introduction
  • 1.1 System package contents
  • 1.2 Serial number label
  • 1.3 System specifications
  • 1.4 Front panel features
  • 1.5 Rear panel features
  • 1.6 Internal features
  • 1.7 LED information
    • 1.7.1 Front panel LEDs
    • 1.7.2 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs
• Chapter 2: Hardware setup
  • 2.1 Chassis cover
    • 2.1.1 Removing the left side cover
    • 2.1.2 Removing the right side cover
  • 2.2 Motherboard overview
  • 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
    • 2.3.1 Installing the CPU
    • 2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink
  • 2.4 System memory
    • 2.4.1 Overview
    • 2.4.2 Memory configurations
    • 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM
    • 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM
  • 2.5 Installing hard disk drives
  • 2.6 Installing 5.25-inch drives
    • 2.6.1 Removing the front panel cover
    • 2.6.2 Installing an additional optical drive
  • 2.7 Installing expansion cards
  • 2.8 Removing components
    • 2.8.1 Removing the floppy disk drive
    • 2.8.2 Removing the system fan
  • 2.9 Connecting cables
• Chapter 3: Motherboard info
  • 3.1 Motherboard layouts
  • 3.2 Jumpers
  • 3.3 Connectors
    • 3.3.1 Rear panel connectors
    • 3.3.2 Internal connectors
• Chapter 4: BIOS infomation
  • 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
    • 4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
    • 4.1.2 AFUDOS utility
    • 4.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
  • 4.2 BIOS setup program
    • 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen
    • 4.2.2 Menu bar
    • 4.2.3 Navigation keys
    • 4.2.4 Menu items
    • 4.2.5 Sub-menu items
    • 4.2.6 Configuration fields
    • 4.2.7 Pop-up window
    • 4.2.8 Scroll bar
    • 4.2.9 General help
  • 4.3 Main menu
    • 4.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
    • 4.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
    • 4.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
    • 4.3.4 Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA1/2/3/4
    • 4.3.5 IDE Configuration
    • 4.3.6 System Information
  • 4.4 Advanced menu
    • 4.4.1 USB Configuration
    • 4.4.2 Remote Access Configuration
    • 4.4.3 Trusted Computing
    • 4.4.4 MPS Configuration
    • 4.4.5 CPU Configuration
    • 4.4.6 Chipset Configuration
    • 4.4.7 Onboard Devices Configuration
    • 4.4.8 PCI PnP
  • 4.5 Power Configuration
    • 4.5.1 APM Configuration
    • 4.5.2 Hardware Monitor
  • 4.6 Boot menu
    • 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority
    • 4.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration
    • 4.6.3 Security
  • 4.7 Exit menu
• Chapter 5: RAID configuration
  • 5.1 Setting up RAID
    • 5.1.1 RAID definitions
    • 5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives
    • 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
    • 5.1.4 RAID configuration utility
  • 5.2 Marvel® 88SE6145 RAID BIOS Configuration Utility
    • 5.2.1 Creating a RAID set
    • 5.2.2 Deleting an array
  • 5.3 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
    • 5.3.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe)
    • 5.3.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror)
    • 5.3.3 Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe + Mirror)
    • 5.3.4 Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity)
    • 5.3.5 Deleting a RAID set
    • 5.3.6 Resetting disks to Non-RAID
    • 5.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID
    • 5.3.8 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
    • 5.3.9 Setting the Boot array use MB BIOS Setup Utility
    • 5.3.10 Global Array Manager
  • 5.4 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility
    • 5.4.1 Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set
    • 5.4.2 Creating a RAID 10 set
    • 5.4.3 Adding or viewing a RAID configuration
    • 5.4.4 Initializing the logical drives
    • 5.4.5 Rebuilding failed drives
    • 5.4.6 Checking the drives for data consistency
    • 5.4.7 Deleting a RAID configuration
    • 5.4.8 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set
    • 5.4.9 Enabling the WriteCache
• Chapter 6: Driver installation
  • 6.1 RAID driver installation
    • 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
    • 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver
  • 6.2 LAN driver installation
    • 6.2.1 Windows® Server
    • 6.2.2 SuSE® Linux
    • 6.2.3 Red Hat® Linux
  • 6.3 VGA driver installation
    • 6.3.1 Windows® Server
    • 6.3.2 Red Hat® Enterprise
  • 6.4 Management applications and utilities installation
    • 6.4.1 Running the support CD
    • 6.4.2 Drivers menu
    • 6.4.3 Management Software menu
    • 6.4.4 Utilities menu
    • 6.4.5 Contact information
• Appendix: Reference information
  • A.1 Intel® EM64T
    • Using the Intel® EM64T feature
  • A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST)
    • A.2.1 System requirements
    • A.2.2 Using the EIST
  • A.3 Block diagram
  • A.4 Simple fixes