User manual MSI K9N NEO QUICK GUIDE

[. . . ] K9N Neo Series MS-7260 (V1. X) Mainboard G52-72601X1 i Copyright Notice T he material in this doc ument is the intellec tual property of M ICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice. Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, DualNet, and nForce are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ] By choosing [ECP], the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only. Choosing [ECP + EPP] will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously. Parallel Port IRQ This item allows you to set parallel port IRQ. nVidia RAID Setup Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: nVidia RAID Function This item is used to enable/disable the nVidia RAID function. SATA 0/ 1 Primary/ Secondary Channel These itemsallow users to enable or disable the RAID function for each SATA hard disk drive. 3-15 M S-7260 M ainboard Power Management Setup Important S3-related functions described in this section are available only when your BIOS supports S3 sleep mode. ACPI Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows 98SE/ 2000/ME, select [Enabled]. ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating system supports ACPI, such as W indows 98SE/ ME/ 2000 , you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1(POS) or S3(STR) fashion through the setting of this field. Settings are: [S1/POS] The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system context. [S3/STR] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power s tate where the in formation of system configuration and open applications/files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy. The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a "wake up" event occurs. [Auto] 3-16 BIOS Setup Power Button Function This feature sets the function of the power button. Settings are: [On/ Off] The power button functions as normal power off button. [Suspend] W hen you press the power button, the computer enters the suspend/sleep mode, but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds, the computer is turned off. Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs. Settings are: [Off] Always leaves the computer in the power off state. [On] Always leaves the computer in the power on state. [Last State] Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred. Wakeup Event Setup Press <Enter> and the following sub-menu appears. Resume by PS/2 Keyboard This controls how the PS/2 keyboard is able to power on the system. If you choose Specific Key, the power button on the case will not function anymore and you must type the password to power on the system. [. . . ] Rebuilding does not apply to RAID 0 and JBOD arrays. · Rebuilding applies to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored array using any available Free Disk or Dedicated Disk. For example, Figure below shows a mirrored array using two 34. 48 GB drives while having two Free Disks each 55. 90 GB large. To use one of these available free disks to rebuild your array, follow the same steps as explained in "Rebuilding a RAID Array" on C-22, except when prompted to select a disk, choose one of the two available free disks. B-24 nVidia RAID Synchronizing a RAID Array Synchronizing an array will force a rebuild of redundancy or parity. The operation is applicable to any fault tolerant array such as RAID 1 and RAUD 0+1. [. . . ]