User manual ASUS RS724Q-E6RS12

[. . . ] Specifications and information contained in this manual ae 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. 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. 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] When you remove any chassis component, the sensor triggers and sends a high-level signal to these leads to record a chassis intrusion event. The default setting is short CASEOPEN and GND pin by jumper cap to disable the function. These leads are for the locator LED1 and LED2 on the front panel. Connect the Locator LED cables to these 2-pin connector. The LEDs will light up when the Locator button is pressed. These leads are for the locator button on the front panel. This button queries the state of the system locator. Locator Button/Swich (2-pin LOCATORBTN) Locator LED (2-pin LOCATORLED1 and 2-pin LOCATORLED2) Chassis intrusion (4-1 pin CHASSIS) LAN activity LED (2-pin LAN1_LED, LAN2_LED) Front panel SMB (6-1 pin FPSMB) 4. 5. 4-20 Chapter 2: Hardware information 14. System panel connector (20-pin PANEL1) This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions. · This 3-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector. The system power LED lights up when you turn on the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep mode. Save the BIOS file to a bootable USB flash disk drive. Copy the BUPDATER utility (BUPDATER. exe) from the ASUS support website at support. asus. com to the bootable USB flash disk drive you created earlier. Boot the system in DOS mode, then at the prompt, type: BUPDATER /i[filename]. ROM where [filename] is the latest or the original BIOS file on the bootable USB flash disk drive, then press <Enter>. A:\>BUPDATER /i[file name]. ROM ASUS RS700DA-E6/PS4, RS704DA-E6/PS4 5-3 4. The utility verifies the file, then starts updating the BIOS file. ASUSTek BIOS Update for DOS V1. 06 (09/08/04) FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A Current ROM BOARD: KGNH-D16 VER: 0204 DATE: 05/31/2010 PATH: WARNING!Do not turn off power during flash BIOS Update ROM BOARD: KGNH-D16 VER: 0206 DATE: 06/10/2009 Note Writing BIOS: DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure! 5. The utility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive. The BIOS update is finished!C:\> 5-4 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5. 1. 3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using a USB flash drive that contains the updated BIOS file. Prepare a USB flash drive containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. RecoveringtheBIOSfromaUSBflashdrive To recover the BIOS from a USB flash drive: 1. Remove any floppy disk from the floppy disk drive and turn the system on. Insert the USB flash drive with the original or updated BIOS file to one USB port on the system. The utility will automatically recover the BIOS. It resets the system when the BIOS recovery finished. DO NOT shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS!Doing so would cause system boot failure!The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Visit the ASUS website at www. asus. com to download the latest BIOS file. ASUS RS700DA-E6/PS4, RS704DA-E6/PS4 5-5 5. 2 BIOS setup program This motherboard supports a programmable firmware chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section 5. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS. [. . . ] Type the command acpi=off apic=bigsmp brokenmodules=ahci in Boot Options field, and press <Enter>. Boot from Hard Disk Installation Repair Installed System Rescue System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test Boot Options acpi=off apic=bigsmp brokenmodules=ahci F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode English(US) 1024 X768 F4 Source DVD F5 Kernel F6 Driver Default Yes 5. When below screen appears, select the USB floppy disk drive (sda) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press <Enter>. Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy Other device OK Back 7-12 Chapter 7: Driver installation 6. The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system as shown below. Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, ASUS DRW-1612BLT sdb: Disk, Promise 1X2 Morror/RAID1 sd3: Disk, Promise RAID Console other device OK Back 7. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation. ASUS RS700DA-E6/PS4, RS704DA-E6/PS4 7-13 7. 2 ATI SM Bus controller driver installation This section provides instructions on how to install the ATI SM Bus driver on the system. You need to manually install the ATI SMBus driver on a Windows® operating system. [. . . ]