Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto A9DA-S del fabbricante Foxconn
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A9DA Series Motherboard User ’ s Manual.
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Installation Precautions Please carefully read the following procedures to install your computer : ■ It is suggested to select high-quality , certied fans in order to avoid damage to the motherboard and CPU due to high temperature. Never turn on the computer if the CPU fan is not properly installed.
T ABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Product Introduction Product Specications .............................................................................. 2 Layout..........................................................................................
Congure ......................................................................................... 64 About & Help .................................................................................... 66 FOX LOGO .................................
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1 2 CPU Support AM3 socket processors, Max processor power up to 140W For the latest CPU information, please visit ： http://www .foxconnsupport.com/cpusupportlist.
1 3 Internal Connectors 1 x 24-pin A TX main power connector 1 x 8-pin A TX 12V power connector 5 x SA T A connectors 1 x ESA T A connector 4 x USB 2.0 connectors (supporting 8 x USB devices) 1 x CPU .
1 4 1-2 Layout 1. CPU_F AN Header 2. NB_F AN Header 3. PCI Express x16 Slots 4. PCI Express x1 Slots 5. PCI Slots 6. CD_IN Connector 7. Front Audio Connector 8. 1394a Connector (only for A9DA-S) 9. System Fan Header 10. Front USB Connectors 1 1. Reset Button (only for A9DA-S) 12.
1 5 1-3 Back Panel Connectors 1. PS/2 Keyboard Port Use the PS/2 port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard. 2. USB Port The USB port supports the USB 2.0/1.1 specication. Use this port for USB devices such as an USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer , USB ash drive and etc.
1 6 9. Audio Ports For the denition of each audio port, please refer to the table below : Port 2-channel 4-channel 5.1-channel 7.1-channel Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front .
This chapter introduces the hardware installation process, including the installation of the CPU, memory , power supply , slots, pin headers and the mounting of jumpers.
2 8 2-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler Install the CPU Locate the Pin-1 CPU triangle mark and the Pin-1 of the CPU socket. Pin-1 triangle marking of CPU Pin-1 corner of the CPU socket 1. Release the CPU socket lever . 2. A lign Pin-1 of the CPU with the CPU so cke t, an d ge ntl y pu t t he CP U onto the socket.
2 9 3. W he n C P U i s p r op e rl y s e at e d , push the CPU socket lever back to its locked position. Install the CPU Cooler Follow the steps below to correctly install the CPU cooler. (The following procedures use Foxconn cooler as the example.) 1.
2 10 2-2 Install the Memory Dual Channel Memory Conguration This motherboard provides four DDR3 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel T echnology .
2 1 1 Installing a Memory If you take a look at fro nt sid e of memor y modu le, it has asym metr ic pin cou nts on both side s sepa rate d by a notch in the middle, so it can only t in one direction. Follow the steps below to correctly install your memory modules into the sockets.
2 12 2-3 Install an Expansion Card Follow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Locate an expansion slot that supports your card. Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis back panel. 2. Align the card with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in the slot.
2 13 2-4 Install other Internal Connectors Power Connectors This motherboard uses an A TX power supply . In order not to damage any device, make sure all the devices have been installed properly before applying the power supply . 24-pin A TX power connector : PWR1 PWR1 is the A TX power supply connector .
2 14 Connect a 4-pin power plug We recommend you using an 8-pin A TX 12V power supply . If you are using a 4-pin power supply , you need to align the A TX power connector according to the picture on the right. C A U T I O N ! Fan Connectors : CPU_F AN, SYS_F AN, NB_F AN There are three main fan headers on this motherboard.
2 15 Front Panel Connector : FP1 This motherboard includes one connector for connecting the front panel switch and LED Indicators. Hard Disk LED Connector (HDD-LED) Connect to the chassis front panel IDE indicator LED. It indicates the active status of the hard disks.
2 16 Audio Connector : CD_IN CD_IN is a Sony standard audio connector , it can be conn ecte d to a CD/D VD-R OM driv e thro ugh a CD/DVD audio cable. Audio Connector : F_AUDIO The audio connector supports HD Audio standard. It provides the Front Audio output choice.
2 17 2-5 Jumpers For some featur es neede d, user s can change the jump er sett ings on this mother board to modify them. This section explains how to use the various functions of this motherboard by changing the jumper settings. Users should read the following content carefully prior to modifying any jumper setting.
2 18 2-6 OnBoard Button (only for A9DA-S) Power on Button: POWER_ON Push the power on button to power on the system. Reset Button: RESET Push the reset button to reboot the system.
Since BIOS could be updated some other times, the BIOS information described in this manual is for reference only . We do not guarantee the content of this manual will remain consistent with the newly released BIOS at any given time in the future. Please visit our website for updated manual if it is available.
3 20 Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance.
3 21 ► Power Management Setup All the items related with Green function features can be set up through this menu. ► PC Health Status This setup enables you to read/change Fan speeds, and displays temperatures and voltages of your CPU/System.
3 22 System Information This sub-menu is used to set up the standard BIOS features, such as the date, time, oppy drive and so on. Use the arrow up/down keys to select an item, then use the <+> or <-> keys to change the setting. ► Date (mm:dd:yy) <weekday><month><date> <year> format.
3 23 [All Errors] : All errors can result in system halt. [All Errors But...] : All errors but keyboard or mouse or oppy can result in system halt. The halt condition can be enabled/disabled in the next three settings. ► Keyboard Th e s ys t em b o ot w i ll n o t st o p fo r a k e yb oa r d er r or i f y ou en ab l ed t h is i t em .
3 24 Advanced BIOS Features ► MPS Revision This feature is only applicable to multiprocessor motherboards as it species the version of the MPS that the motherboard will use. The MPS is a specication by which PC manufacturers design and build CPU architecture systems with two or more processors.
3 25 ► Quick Boot While Enabled, this option allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting, this will shorten the time needed to boot the system. ► Bootup Num-Lock This item denes if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started.
3 26 Fox Central Control Unit ► Super BIOS Protect T o protect the system BIOS from virus attack, there is a BIOS write-protection mechanism provided. Super BIOS Protect function protects your BIOS from being affected by viruses, e.g. CIH. ► Auto Detect PCI Clock This option is used to auto detect PCI slot.
3 27 Smart BIOS ► Smart Power LED Smart Power LED is a feature built on your motherboard to indicate different states during Power On Self T est (POST). The LED is located at the front panel, and it displays POST state by different long-short blinking intervals.
3 28 Fox Intelligent Stepping ► CPU Clock This option is used to adjust the CPU clock. ► Current CPU Speed This item displays the current CPU speed. ► CPU Multiplier Adjust This option is used to adjust the CPU Clock Ratio. Multiply CPU clock with this ratio, you can get the CPU speed.
3 29 "Memory Speed Adjust". ► Current DRAM Speed This item displays the current DRAM speed. ► GFX Engine Clock Override This item allows you to enable/disable GFX Engine Clock Override support. ► PCI Express Clock This option is used to adjust the speed of PCI Express slot.
3 30 V oltage Options ► Memory V oltage Control This option is used to change the DRAM voltage in a step of 25mV . The voltage can be incre - mented from +25mV to +775mV . ► CPU V oltage Control This option is used to change the CPU voltage in a step of 50mV .
3 31 CPU Conguration This menu shows most of the CPU specications. ► Cool ‘N‘ Quiet (Appear only when CPU supports) This option helps lowering down the CPU frequency and voltage when system is idling. When the CPU speed is slowing down, the temperature will drop as well.
3 32 Advanced Chipset Features ► Memory Conguration / DRAM Timing Conguration Press <Enter> to go to its submenu. The following six items display the values configured at the settings of " DRAM Timing Mode ". ► CAS Latency This item shows the CAS latency .
3 33 within the BIOS. [UMA+SIDEPORT] -The SidePort is a 32-bit DDR memory interface that the integrated graph - ics can use either instead of or alongside the Athlon 64’s memory controller . In this mode, the integrated graphics cores will request data from both the UMA space and SidePort memory .
3 34 Burst lengths supported When both DCT s are enabled in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each DCT in order . Memory Conguration ► DCT Unganged Mode DCT stands for DRAM Controller . Ganged refers to the use of both DRAM controllers within a memory controller acting in con- cert to access memory .
3 35 DRAM Timing Conguration ► DRAM Timing Mode When both DCT s (DRAM controller) are enabled in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each DCT in order , you also can congure the timings manually . Settings are : [Auto], [DCT 0], [DCT 1], [Both].
3 36 Integrated Peripherals ► IDE Configuration / USB Configuration / SuperIO Configuration Press <Enter> to go to relative submenu. ► OnBoard LAN This item is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller . ► OnBoard LAN Boot ROM This item is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN boot optional ROM.
3 37 IDE Conguration ► OnChip SA T A Channel [Disabled] : Disable SA T A ports 1,2,3,4. [Enabled] : Enable SA T A ports 1,2,3,4. ► OnChip SA T A T ype This item is used to set the operating mode of your SA T A ports. Options : [Native IDE]; [RAID]; [AHCI]; [Legacy IDE].
3 38 USB Conguration ► 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 Kerboard Legacy Support This item is used to enable Legacy Support for USB Kerboard.
3 39 SuperIO Conguration ► Serial Port1 Address This item is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for the onboard serial port 1.
3 40 Power Management Setup ACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard interfaces enabling OS-directed conguration, power management, and thermal management of mobile, desktop, and server platforms. It denes ve sleeping states, they are : S1 - The S1 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state.
3 41 computer before it entering STR will be saved in memory , and the computer can quickly return to previous state when the STR function wakes. When you select [Auto], it means OS will automatically take care and assign which mode is the most suitable now .
3 42 PC Health Status ► W arning T emperature This item is used to enable or disable “W arning T emperature” function. ► Shut Down T emperature This item is used to enable or disable “Shut Down T emperature” function. ► CPU/System T emperature The CPU/System temperature are automatically detected and displayed by the system.
3 43 BIOS Security Features ► Change Supervisor Password This item is used to install or change supervisor password. After you input Supervisor password, it then will ask you to input user password optionally . CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc.
The utility CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the mother- board features. This chapter includes the following information: ■ Utility.
4 45 Utility CD content This mot herbo ard c omes with one Util ity C D. Y ou can simpl y put it into your CD/DVD-R OM dr ive, and the main menu will be displayed on your PC screen to guide you how to install. 1. Install Driver Use these options to install all the drivers for your system.
4 46 Install driver and utility 1. Install Driver Y ou must click "AMD Chipset Driver" to install it rst. After that, you can click "One Click Setup" to install all the other drivers left, or you can click on each individual driver to install it manually .
4 47 FOX ONE FOX ONE is a powerful utility for easily modifying system settings. It also allows users to monitor various temperature values, voltage values, frequencies and fan speeds at any time.
4 48 1. Main Page T oolbar Use the toolbar to navigate to other pages. Alert Lamp When the system is in healthy state, the color of alert lamp is green. When the system is in abnormal state, the alert lamp color is red. Switch Button Click this button, it will simplify the whole FOX ONE control panel to a smaller information bar (i.
4 49 Skin Button There are more choices of FOX ONE screen panels. Click this button, you can select your favorite skin (FOX ONE Panel). Exit Click this button to exit the program. Minimum Click this button to drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray located at the lower right corner of your screen.
4 50 Conguration This menu allows you to congure : 1). Monitor interval (ms) : This is to dene the interval of different messages of system settings which are to be displayed on Simple Mode screen. Minimum value is 1 second. 2). Simple Mode : T o select which message of system settings are to be displayed in the Simple Mode.
4 51 Step 1 : Click Calibration icon, a message pops out to ask for continue. Select Y es. Step 2 : After data is collected, it will ask you to restart your computer now .
4 52 2. CPU Page - CPU Control This page lets you select (or overclock) CPU clock to meet the current performance level of the system. The fastest and suitable CPU clock running for current system can be calculated by FOX ONE automatically or manually input by yourselves.
4 53 Y ou can see the system is raising CPU clock until the system hangs. Push RESET button on the front panel of your system to restart the computer . Run FOX ONE program again, it will inform you the previous test found that 255MHz is the recommended CPU clock for your system.
4 54 FOX Intelligent Stepping (F .I.S., Optional) Select FOX Intelligent Stepping will allow your system to automatically adjust your CPU clock rate based on different system loadings. For example, if you select Power Gaming, CPU clock will be driven to run at its maximum speed.
4 55 4. Limit Setting 4.1 Limit Setting - CPU T emperature This page lets you to set CPU high limit temperature and enable the alert function. 4.2 Limit Setting - System T emperature This page lets you to set system high limit temperature and enable the alert function.
4 56 4.3 Limit Setting - CPU Fan This page lets you to set CPU fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function. 4.4 Limit Setting - System Fan This page lets you to set system fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.
4 57 4.5 Limit Setting - NB Fan This page lets you to set NB fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function. 5. V oltage Page - V oltage Control (Optional) This page lets you set CPU voltage, memory voltage and North Bridge voltage manually . CPU voltage can be stepped up/down by a unit of 12.
4 58 6. Fan Page - Fan Control This page lets you enable Smart Fan function or set the fan speed by manual. When Smart Fan is selected, you must use a 4-pin CPU cooler in your system.
4 59 FOX LiveUpdate FOX LiveUpdate is a useful utility to backup and update your system BIOS, drivers and utilities by local or online. Supporting Operating Systems : ■ Windows 2000 ■ Windows XP (.
4 60 1-2 Local Update - Backup This page can backup your system BIOS. Y ou can click “Backup”, and key in a le name, then click “Save” to nish the backup operation. The extension of this backup le is ".BIN" for Award BIOS and ".
4 61 2. Online Update 2-1 Online Update - Update BIOS This page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new BIOS from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation. 2-2 Online Update - Update Driver This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet.
4 62 2-3 Online Update - Update Utility This page lets you update utilities from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new utilities from Internet.
4 63 2-4 Online Update - Update All This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click “start”, it will search all new BIOS/drivers/utilities from Internet.
4 64 3. Congure 3-1 Congure - option This page lets you set auto search options. After you enable the auto search function, FOX LiveUpdate will start its searching from Internet and if any qualied item found, it will pop out a message on the task bar to inform you to do the next step.
4 65 When you enable "Auto Search FOX LiveUpdate", if your FOX LiveUpdate version is older , it will auto search from internet and prompt you to install the new version. 3-2 Congure - System This page lets you set the backup BIOS location.
4 66 3-3 Congure - Advance This page lets you select to ash BIOS / Boot Block and clear CMOS. If you choose Flash Boot Block, it means BIOS is not protective, and you must make sure the ash process is continuous and without any interruption. 4.
4 67 FOX LOGO FOX LOGO is a simple and useful utility to backup, change and delete the boot time Logo. The boot Logo is the image that appears on screen during POST (Power-On Self-T est). Y ou can prepare a JPG image (1024x768) le, then use FOX LOGO to open it and change the boot time Logo.
4 68 FOX DMI FOX DMI is a full Desktop Management Interface viewer , and it provides three DMI data formats : Report, Data Fields and Memory Dump. With DMI information, system maker can easily analyze and troubleshoot your mother- board if there is any problem occurred.
This chapter will cover two topics : ■ Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP (or Vista) in a brand new RAID system. ■ Creating a Non-Bootable Array - Existing Windows XP (or Vista) system with new RAID built as data storage.
5 70 Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP (or V ista) in a brand new RAID system. 1. Follow 5-1 to create a RAID driver diskette. 2. Follow 5-2 to set RAID enabled in BIOS. 3. Follow 5-3 to select a RAID array for use. 4. Follow 5-4 to Install a new Windows Operating System.
5 71 RAID Conguration Introduction RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method for computer data storage schemes that divide and/or replicate data among multiple hard drives. RAID can be designed to provide increased data reliability (fault tolerance) or increased I/O (input/ output) performance, or both.
5 72 RAID 0 (Striped) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved among multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array . The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member .
5 73 Option ROM Utility The Option ROM Utility supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5 and RAID10 functions. It allows you to get high performance with fault tolerance, big capacity , or data safety provided by different RAID functions. Here, we will use four SA T A hard disks as an example to guide you through how to congure your RAID system.
5 74 T wo topics will be covered in the following sections : 1). Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP in a brand new RAID system. 2). Creating a Non-Bootable Array - Existing Windows XP system with new RAID built as data storage. Install SA T A Hard Disks before we continue : ■ Shut down your computer .
5 75 1. Find a PC, put a diskette into its oppy drive A:, this diskette will be formatted later . Put the driver CD into DVD-ROM drive. 2. Depending on which platform your system is, normally , it is a 32-bit XP system. Use Windows explorer , and go to CD:Driver AMDRAIDFloppyWinXP , click on RaidT ool icon to start the creation.
5 76 6. Y ou can input a volume label for this diskette, click on "Start" to format. 7. Click on "OK" to go through this warning message. 8. Format nished. Click "OK" to continue copying of RAID driver into this diskette.
5 77 5-2 RAID Enable in BIOS 1. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing <DEL> key when boot up. 2. Select the “Integrated Peripherals” from the “Main menu”, then select the “IDE Conguration” menu and press <Enter> to go to the conguration items.
5 78 Create RAID 0 (Striped) Here, we will show you how to create two RAID 0 Logical Drives (LD) by using two hard disks. 1. Select [2] from the main menu, " LD View Menu" appears. 2. Press [Crtl-C], the screen appears as below , select RAID 0.
5 79 4. Another message prompts. Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array . 5. Then the screen appears as below . LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2 Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment 1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SA T A 3G 82.
5 80 LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2 164.56 Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru Channel :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment 1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SA T A 3G 82.
5 81 8. Y ou can see in the previous example, about 40GB of Channel 1 and 2 hard disks were allocated. Select the remaining spaces from them for RAID 0 again.
5 82 LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv LD 2 Logical Drive 2 RAID 0 2 Stripe Block: 64 K B Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment 1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SA T A 3G 82.34 Y 2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SA T A 1.
5 83 Create RAID 1 (Mirror) Here, we will show you how to create one Mirrored Logical Drives (LD) by using two hard disks. 1. Select [2] from the main menu, and " LD View Menu" appears. Then press [Crtl-C], the screen appears as below , select RAID 1.
5 84 4. The screen appears as below . Press any key to use the maximum capacity . 5. The creation of RAID 1 is completed. The nal capacity of 249.99GB (250GB) is the smaller size of the two hard drives.
5 85 Create RAID 5 (Parity) Here, we will show you how to create one Mirrored Logical Drives (LD) by using three hard disks. 1. Select [2] from the main menu, and " LD View Menu" appears. Then press [Crtl-C], the screen appears as below , select RAID 5.
5 86 4. The screen appears as below . Press any key to use the maximum capacity . 5. The creation of RAID 5 is completed. The nal capacity of 239.99GB (1 19.
5 87 Create RAID 10 (Striped Mirror) Here, we will show you how to create one Striped Mirror Logical Drives (LD) by using four hard disks. 1. Select [2] from the main menu, and " LD View Menu" appears. Then press [Crtl-C], the screen appears as below , select RAID 10.
5 88 4. The screen appears as below . Press any key to use the maximum capacity . 5. The creation of RAID 10 is completed. The nal capacity of 163.99GB (81.
5 89 Create RAID Ready A "RAID Ready" system is a specic system conguration that, with the addition of a second Serial A T A hard drive, can be seamlessly migrated to a conguration that provides either improved storage performance or data protection from a single hard drive failure.
5 90 3. Another message prompts. Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array . 4. The creation of RAID Ready is completed. LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID READY 1 Stripe Block: NA Fas.
5 91 Create JBOD Here, we will show you how to create a JBOD Logical Drives (LD) by using four hard disks. 1. Select [2] from the main menu, and " LD View Menu" appears. Then press [Crtl-C], the screen appears as below , select RAID JBOD. 2.
5 92 3. Another message prompts. Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array . 4. The creation of JBOD is completed. T otal size is 82.34+120.03+250.05+320.
5 93 5-4 Install a New Windows XP Assume a Mirrored array (249.99GB) was created as introduced in section 5-3, after the system restarts : 1. Press <DEL> to enter BIOS Setup during POST . 2. Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive.
5 94 5. After some les are copied to your system, the following picture appears, press <S> to continue the specic driver installation. 6. It will ask you to insert the RAID driver diskette into you oppy drive. Press <Enter> after it is done.
5 95 7. There are two drivers, for your 32-bit XP system, press [Enter] to select the rst driver - "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform". 8. A conrmation message appears to double check if the driver is really what we wanted, press <Enter> to continue.
5 96 9. Windows will display the partition of your system. As we are using a Mirrored RAID array as an example, its size 232.88GB is now displayed as 238410MB. Y ou can press [C] to create partitions as many as you wish, assign them C:, D: or E: logical drive names.
5 97 5-5 Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array This section assumes the following setup : ■ Boot Disk with Windows XP installed : One hard disk HDS728090PLA T20 (80GB) is connected to the IDE channel, and set to Master .
5 98 2. Select a RAID array for use (also can refer to section 5-3) After rebooting your computer , you will see the RAID software prompting you to press [Ctrl-F]. Press [Ctrl-F] to enter the Option ROM Utility and congure the mirrored RAID array as described in the 5-3 section.
5 99 5. After the AMD RAID driver is installed, it will ask you to click "Finish" to restart your computer . 6. When Windows starts, a message is prompting you to reboot again.
5 100 7. After PC starts, the RAID array is now ready to be initialized under Windows. Launch Computer Management by clicking Start -> (Settings ->) Control Panel then open the Administrative T ools folder and double click on Computer Management.
5 101 1 1. The Computer Management window appears. The actual disks listed will depend on your system. In below gure, you can see there is a 232.82 GB unallocated partition.
5 102 17. The format of disk array (Disk1) is in processing. 18. Format completed, now you can start using your RAID array ..
103 Appendix 103 Appendix - A TI Hybrid CrossFire™ T echnology Introduction AMD’s pioneering A TI Hybrid CrossFire™ T echnology can be used for scalable gaming action.
Appendix 104 3. Then you may use the A TI Catalyst(TM) Control Center . Using an add-on graphics card 1. Right-click on the desktop, then click A TI Catalyst(TM) Control Center from the shortcut menu. The A TI Catalyst(TM) Control Center screen appears.
105 Appendix 105 7. Click "Graphics Settings>CrossFire™”, then select the "Enable CrossFire™” check box. When a conrmation message pops up, click "Y es". The screen backs out for about one minute . 8. Click “OK”. The onboard graphics card is set to be the main monitor .
Appendix 106 Appendix - A TI CrossFire TM T echnology Introduction CrossFire TM technology is a newly introduced product from A TI T echnologies. It is de- signed to dramatically improve the graphics performance for applications which is used by players and other high-end users.
107 Appendix 107 4. Connect an auxiliary power source from the power supply to the graphics card. 5. Connect the DMS-59 cable to the DVI monitor connector and two graphics cards that you install as shown. 6. Power on your computer and get into OS (Windows ® XP 32-bit with SP2 or Windows ® XP Professional 64-bit Edition).
Appendix 108 9. Double-click on the A TI Catalyst Control Center icon to launch it. Click “View”-->Select “Advanced V iew” -->Click “CrossFire TM ”-->Set “Enable CrossFire TM ” to Y es. Now you can enjoy the advanced CrossFire TM technology .
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Se non hai ancora comprato il Foxconn A9DA-S è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Foxconn A9DA-S - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Foxconn A9DA-S imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Foxconn A9DA-S ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Foxconn A9DA-S, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Foxconn A9DA-S.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Foxconn A9DA-S. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Foxconn A9DA-S insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
