User manual FOXCONN A7GM

[. . . ] A7GM Series Motherboard User's Manual Statement: This manual is the intellectual property of Foxconn, Inc. Although the information in this manual may be changed or modified at any time, Foxconn does not obligate itself to inform the user of these changes. Trademark: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Version: User's Manual V1. 1 for A7GM Series motherboard. P/N: 3A220V200-000-G Symbol description: CA UT IO N ! Caution: refers to important information that can help you to use motherboard better, and tells you how to avoid problems. Warning: indicating a potential risk of hardware damage or physical injury may exist. NING AR ! [. . . ] SATA IDE Combined Mode [Disabled] : Disable SATA ports 5, 6. [Enabled] : SATA ports 5, 6 are used to simulate two additional IDE ports. You can select from PATA or SATA as the Primary IDE through the next "Combined Mode Option" setting. Four drives are displayed as IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave and IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave in "System Information" menu. Combined Mode Option 37 When "SATA IDE Combined Mode" is enabled, you can choose : [SATA as Primary] : Set SATA ports 5, 6 to function as the Primary IDE [SATA as Secondary] : Set SATA ports 5, 6 to function as the Secondary IDE. With PATA IDE drives Onchip SATA Channel Disabled Without PATA IDE drives Onchip SATA Channel Disabled RAID/ AHCI Onchip SATA Channel Enabled Onchip SATA Channel Enabled 3 SATA Combined Mode Enabled SATA as Secondary Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave Third IDE Master Third IDE Slave Fourth IDE Master Fourth IDE Slave IDE0 IDE1 SATA 5 SATA 6 SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 4 SATA as Primary SATA 5 SATA 6 IDE0 IDE1 SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 4 SATA Combined Mode Disabled SATA as Secondary IDE0 IDE1 SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 4 SATA as Primary IDE0 IDE1 SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 IDE0 IDE1 - SATA Combined Mode Enabled SATA as Secondary SATA 5 SATA 6 SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 4 SATA as Primary SATA 5 SATA 6 SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 4 SATA Combined Mode Disabled SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 - IDE0 IDE1 - USB Configuration CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. USB Configuration USB Configuration Module Version - 2. 24. 2-13. 4 USB Devices Enabled : 1 Drive Legacy USB Support USB 2. 0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off USB Storage Configuration [Enabled] [High Speed] [Enabled] [Press Enter] Help Item Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. :Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F9:Optimized Defaults F1:General Help Legacy USB Support This item is used to enable the support for USB devices on legacy OS. If you have a USB keyboard or mouse, set to auto or enabled. USB 2. 0 Controller Mode 38 This item is used to set the transmission rate mode of USB 2. 0. The available settings are : [HiSpeed] in 480Mbps; [Full Speed] in 12Mbps. BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Windows XP supports a number of features in the Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) specification, but there are a few features that are not implemented. Microsoft said preliminary support for EHCI BIOS handoff will be available in Windows XP SP2. This item allows you to enable support for OS without EHCI hand-off feature. This is a workaround for OS without EHCI hand-Off support . The EHCI ownership change should claim by EHCI driver. 3 If USB devices are connected to the computer, the following item will appear: USB Storage Configuration After pressing <Enter>, you can set the reset delay for the USB mass storage device. There are many different emulation types of this USB device, such as floppy, hard disk and CDROM can be selected. SuperIO Configuration CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. SuperIO Configuration SuperIO Configuration Onboard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address IR Address IR Mode IR Duplex Mode [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [IrDA] [Half Duplex] Help Item Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy controller. :Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F9:Optimized Defaults F1:General Help Onboard Floppy Controller This item is used to enable/disable Floppy Controller. Serial Port Address This item is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for the onboard serial port 1. IR Address This item is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for the IR port. IR Mode This item is used to set the IR mode. The available settings are : [IrDA] : An IrDA device for maximum 115200 bit/s. [ASK IR] : A faster IrDA for 1152000 bit/s. [. . . ] After the AMD RAID driver is installed, it will ask you to click "Finish" to restart your computer. 5 6. When Windows starts, a message is prompting you to reboot again. Click "Yes" to restart your computer. 97 7. After PC starts, the RAID array is now ready to be initialized under Windows. [. . . ]