User manual ASUS DSEB-D16

[. . . ] DSEB-D16 Series DSEB-D16 DSEB-D16/SAS Motherboard E3521 First Edition V1 December 2007 Copyright © 2007 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. [. . . ] The BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu. Main System Information Model Name Model ID ASUS-BIOS Version Date 1000. 006 11/06/2007 ASUS DSEB-D16/SAS 8064A0 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Processor Information System Memory Information Enter F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Processor Displays the installed processor information. Main Processor Information *** CPU1 : Brand N/A Speed N/A Ratio N/A Cache N/A ID/uCode N/A *** CPU2 : Brand Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3. 20GHz Speed 3. 20 GHz Ratio Actual 12 Max 12 Cache L1/32KB L2/4096KB ID/uCode 0F64h/None BIOS SETUP UTILITY F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. System Memory Displays the installed system memory information. Main System Memory Information Type : DDR2 533 Total Memory: 1024MB DIMM_00 - 1024 AMB Temperature - 96°C DIMM_01 - N/A DIMM_02 - N/A DIMM_03 - N/A DIMM_10 - N/A DIMM_11 - N/A DIMM_12 - N/A DIMM_13 - N/A DIMM_20 - N/A Select Screen DIMM_21 - N/A Select Item DIMM_22 - N/A F1 General Help DIMM_23 - N/A F10 Save and Exit DIMM_30 - N/A ESC Exit DIMM_31 - N/A DIMM_32 - N/A DIMM_33 - N/A v02. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY ASUS DSEB-D16 Series 4-13 4. 4 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices. Take caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect field values can cause the system to malfunction. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Security Boot Main Advanced Server Exit Configure CPU. WARNING: Setting wrong values in the below sections may cause system to malfunction. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration PCI/PnP Configuration USB Configuration Peripheral Configuration ACPI Configuration Power On Configuration Hardware Monitor Enter F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. 4. 4. 1 CPU Configuration The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically detects. Some items may not appear if you CPU does not support the related functions. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Sets the ratio between CPU Core Clock and the FSB Frequency. Note: Only available when SpeedStep technology is disabled. Configure advanced CPU settings Ratio CMOS Setting C1E Support Hardware Prefetcher Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Max CPUID Value Limit Virtualization Technology CPU TM function Execute-Disable Bit Capability Hyper Threading Technology Single Logical Processor Mode [12] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Ratio CMOS Setting [12] Whether this item is configurable depends on your CPU type. The valid value ranges differently according to your CPU type. If this item is configurable, enter the value using the numeric keypad. This item is available only when Intel SpeedStep technology is disabled. 4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup C1E Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable C1E support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Enable this item to use the Hardware Prefetcher Disable Feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] *Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] Enable this item to use the Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Disable Feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Setting this item to [Enabled] allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs with extended CPUID functions. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Virtualization Technology [Enabled] The Vanderpool Virtualization Technology allows a hardware platform to run multiple operating systems separately, enabling one system to virtually function as several systems. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU TM function [Enabled] This function enables the overheated CPU to throttle the clock speed to cool down. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Execute-Disable Bit Capability [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the No-Execution Page Protection Technology. Setting this item to [Disabled] forces the XD feature flag to always return to zero (0). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hyper Threading Technology [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Items above with * mark are for technical personnel to debug only. ASUS DSEB-D16 Series 4-15 4. 4. 2 Chipset Configuration The Chipset configuration menu allows you to change advanced chipset settings. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the sub-menu. Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction. North Bridge Configuration Intel VT-d Configuration South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure North Bridge features. Enter F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. North Bridge Configuration The North Bridge Configuration menu allows you to change the Northbridge settings. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Sequencing: allocates address branch 0 then 1. Interleaving: interleaves branch across branches. Mirroring: mirrors branch space between branches. [. . . ] Insert the Linux OS installation CD Disk 1 to the optical drive. Select Kernel Development from the Development Tools. Double click Application > System setting > Add / Remove application. 4. Follow the later steps and add different CDs according to the instructions displayed. Building the driver from the TAR file: 1. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive and mount the optional drive in the Linux platform. [. . . ]