User manual ASUS P5BVSAS

[. . . ] SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. ii Contents Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Safety. information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on. Do this last option only if the first two failed. The Setup program is designed to make it as easy to use as possible. Being a menu-driven program, it lets you scroll through the various sub-menus and make your selections from the available options using the navigation keys. · The default BIOS settings for this motherboard apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance. If the system becomes unstable after changing any BIOS settings, load the default settings to ensure system compatibility and stability. Select the Load. Setup. Defaults item under the Exit Menu. See section "4. 7 Exit Menu. " The BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference purposes only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen. Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) to download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard. · · ASUS P5BVSAS 4-7 4. 2. 1. Menu. items BIOS. menu. screen Menu. bar Configuration fields General. help BIOS SETUP UTILITY MainAdvancedPowerBootExit Use[ENTER]. [TAB], or[SHIFT-TAB]to selectafield. Use[+]or[-]to configuresystemtime. SystemTime SystemDate LegacyDisketteA PrimaryIDEMaster PrimaryIDESlave SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 IDEConfiguration System Information : : : : : : [11:10:19] [Tue01/08/2002] [1. 44M, 3. 5in. ] [NotDetected] [NotDetected] [NotDetected] [NotDetected] [NotDetected] [NotDetected] Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10SaveandExit ESCExit v02. 58(C)Copyright1985-2004, AmericanMegatrends, Inc. Sub-menu. items Navigation. keys 4. 2. 2. Main Menu. bar For changing the basic system configuration For changing the Advanced Power Management (APM) configuration For selecting the exit options and loading default settings For changing the system boot configuration For changing the advanced system settings The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items: Advanced Power Boot Exit To select an item on the menu bar, press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted. 4. 2. 3. Navigation. keys At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are the navigation keys for that particular menu. Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings. Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another. 4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 2. 4. Menu. items BIOS SETUP UTILITY MainAdvancedPowerBootExit The highlighted item on the menu bar displays the specific items for that menu. For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Block. (Multi-sector. Transfer). M. [Auto] Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to [Auto], the data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer feature. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] ASUS P5BVSAS 4-11 PIO. Mode. [Auto] Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] DMA. Mode. [Auto] Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Auto] SMART. Monitoring. [Auto] Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit. Data. Transfer. [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4. 3. 5. IDE Configuration The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you wish to configure the item. Main IDEConfiguration ATA/IDEConfiguration ConfigureSATAas [Enhanced] [IDE] BIOS SETUP UTILITY Options Disable Compatible Enabled HardDiskWriteProtect [Disabled] IDEDetectTimeOut(Sec) [35] ATA(PI)80PinCableDetection Host] [ Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10SaveandExit ESCExit v02. 58(C)Copyright1985-2007, AmericanMegatrends, Inc. IDE Configuration [Enhanced] Set the IDE Configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [IDE] Set the SATA configuration. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Hard. Disk. Write. Protect. [Disabled] Enables or disables the device write protection. [. . . ] Boot the system from the Red Hat® Installation CD. 2. At the boot:, type linuxdd, then press <Enter>. 6-8 Chapter 6: Driver installation 3. Select Yes using the <Tab> key when asked if you have the driver disk. Press <Enter> 4. Select fd0 using the <Tab> key when asked to select the driver disk source. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to OK, then press <Enter>. ASUS P5BVSAS 6-9 5. When prompted, insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive, select OK, then press <Enter>. The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select Yes, then install the additional RAID controller drivers. 7. Follow screen instructions to continue the OS installation. 6-10 Chapter 6: Driver installation SuSE. Linux 1. [. . . ]