User manual ASUS P4R800-V DELUXE

[. . . ] P4R800-V Deluxe User Guide Motherboard E1391 Checklist First Edition V1 December 2003 Copyright © 2003 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. 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. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] The Winbond Voice Editor window appears. Default messages POST events Playing the default wave files To play the default wave files, simply click on a POST event on the left side of the screen, then click the Play button. The default language setting is English. 3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up Changing the default language 1. The event messages for the selected language are displayed in the Voice Editor screen. For some languages, not all events have a corresponding message due to file size limitations. 4. Click Yes when a confirmation window appears. The next time you boot your computer, the POST messages are announced in the language that you selected. Customizing your POST messages Follow these steps to replace the pre-installed wave files if your language is not in the selection or if you wish to record your own POST messages. Launch the Voice Editor and take note of the list of POST events on the leftmost column of the screen. Use a recording software, such as Windows® Recorder, to record your messages. Record your message as short as possible. The total compressed size for all the wave files must not exceed 1Mbit. 4. It is recommended that you save your files in low quality to keep them small. For example, use 8-bit, mono quality at 22Khz sampling rate. You may want to create a separate folder for your wave files so you can locate them easily in one place. ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard user guide 3-5 5. Click the Add button from the Voice Editor screen to display the Add Wave File window. Click a POST event on the Voice Editor screen, then click the Edit button. Select your wave file for the event then click on the arrow opposite Voice1. Click on the Write button to compress the file and copy into the EEPROM. Click Yes when confirmation window appears. 3-6 Chapter 3: Powering up 3. 4 Powering off the computer You must first exit the operating system and shut down the system before switching off the power. For ATX power supplies, you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down the operating system. The message "You can now safely turn off your computer" does not appear when shutting down with an ATX power supply. Using the dual function power switch While the system is ON, pressing the power switch for less than 4 seconds puts the system to sleep mode or to soft-off mode, depending on the BIOS setting. Pressing the power switch for more than 4 seconds lets the system enter the soft-off mode regardless of the BIOS setting. See section "4. 5 Power Menu" in Chapter 4. Using the OS shut down function If you use Windows® ME/2000/XP, click Start > Shut Down, then the OK button to shut down the computer. The power supply should turn off after Windows® shuts down. ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard user guide 3-7 3-8 Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4 This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS setup Chapter summary 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 4. 5 4. 6 4. 7 Managing and updating your BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31 ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard 4. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. AwardBIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST. ) 2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or the support CD when the BIOS gets corrupted. ) 3. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment. ) Refer to the corresponding section for details on these utilities. Important notes · It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. [. . . ] Click Start > Programs > SiSRAID > SiSRAID from the Windows® desktop. The View tab displays information on the first detected hard disk drive. 3. Click the Configuration tab to create, delete, or recover a RAID array. 5-22 Chapter 5: Software support Creating an array for performance (RAID 0) You must have at least two installed hard disk drives to create a RAID 0 array. To create a RAID 0 array: 1. Select a disk from the Available Disks pane, then click the arrow down button to add the disk on the Selected Disks pane. 5. [. . . ]