User manual ASUS V1V EXPRESS GATE QUICK START GUIDE

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If the system becomes unstable after changing any BIOS settings, load the default settings to ensure system compatibility and stability. Select the Load Default Settings item under the Exit Menu. See section "5. 8 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 TS100-E4/PI2 4-11 4. 2. 1 BIOS menu screen Menu items Menu bar Configuration fields General help BIOS SETUP UTILITY MainAdvancedPowerBootExit SystemTime SystemDate LegacyDisketteA [11:10:19] [Tue01/01/2002] [Disabled] Use[ENTER]. [TAB], or[SHIFT-TAB]to selectafield. Use[+]or[-]to configuresystemtime. PrimaryIDEMaster PrimaryIDESlave ThirdIDEMaster ThirdIDESlave FourthIDEMaster FourthIDESlave IDEConfiguration System Information : : : : : : [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 Menu bar The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items: Main Advanced Power Boot Exit For changing the basic system configuration For changing the advanced system settings For changing the Advanced Power Management (APM) configuration For changing the system boot configuration For selecting the exit options and loading default settings 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. 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 2. 4 Menu items The highlighted item on the menu bar displays the specific items for that menu. For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items (Advanced, Power, Boot, and Exit) on the menu bar have their respective menu items. BIOS SETUP UTILITY MainAdvancedPowerBootExit SystemTime[11:10:19] SystemDate[Tue01/01/2002] LegacyDisketteA[1. 44M, 3. 5in] PrimaryIDEMaster:[NotDetected] PrimaryIDESlave:[NotDetected] ThirdIDEMaster:[NotDetected] ThirdIDESlave:[NotDetected] FourthIDEMaster:[NotDetected] FourthIDESlave:[NotDetected] IDEConfiguration System Information Use[ENTER], [TAB], or[SHIFT-TAB]to selectafield. Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help SaveandExit Exit +F1 F10 ESC 4. 2. 5 Sub-menu items Main menu items A solid triangle before each item on any menu screen means that the iteam has a sub-menu. To display the sub-menu, select the item and press <Enter>. 4. 2. 6 Configuration fields These fields show the values for the menu items. If an item is userconfigurable, you can change the value of the field opposite the item. 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 ConfigureSATAas [StandardIDE] OnboardIDEOperateMode [EnhancedMode] EnhancedModeSupportOn [S-ATA] IDEDetectTimeOut(Sec) [35] BIOS SETUP UTILITY Set[CompatibleMode] when Legacy OS (i. e. WIN2000, WIN XP) is used. Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10SaveandExit ESCExit v02. 58(C)Copyright1985-2004, AmericanMegatrends, Inc. Configure SATA As [Standard IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, set this item to [Standard IDE]. Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Allows selection of the onboard IDE operation mode depending on the installed operating system (OS). Set to [Enhanced] if you are using native OS, e. g. Set to [Compatible] if you are using legacy OS, e. g. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced] Set the item Configure SATA as to [RAID] if you want to use or configure the SATA connectors under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. 0 SP1 operating system environment. Due to the OS limitation, you must set a SATA RAID to use any SATA device (at least two SATA devices are needed for the RAID configuration). Refer to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 for details on how to set a SATA RAID. Set Configure SATA As to [RAID], if you want to create a RAID 0 or RAID1, configurations using the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager or if you want to create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configurations using the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility. OnBoard Serial-ATA BOOTROM [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that enhance storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. [. . . ] The CD 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 CD to locate the file ASSETUP. EXE from the BIN folder. Double click the ASSETUP. EXE to run the CD. 6. 4. 2 Drivers menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. The screen display and driver options vary under different operating system versions. 6-16 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6. 4. 3 Management Software menu The Management Software menu displays the available network and server monitoring application. Click on an item to install. 6. 4. 4 Utilities menu The Utilities menu displays the software applications 6. 4. 5 Contact information Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact ASUS TS100-E4/PI2 6-17 6-18 Chapter 6: Driver installation Appendix The Appendix describes the CPU features that the motherboard supports. Reference Info A. 1 Intel® EM64T · · The motherboard is fully compatible with Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775 processors running on 32-bit operating systems. [. . . ]