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Appendix - 61 - EnglishMethod 2 : @BIOSTM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS. 1. Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet a. Click Internet Update icon b. Click Update New BIOS icon c. Select @BIOSTM sever d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard e. System will automatically download and update the BIOS. II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet: a. Do not click Internet Update icon b. Click Update New BIOS c. Please select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file. d. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as: K8VM800M.D1). e. Complete update process following the instruction. Fig 1. Installing the @BIOS utility Fig 2. Installation Complete and Run @BIOS Fig 3. The @BIOS Utility Fig 4. Select the desired @BIOS server Click Sart/ Programs/ GIGABYTE/@BIOS Click 3Click Update New BIOS Select @BIOS item
GA-K8VM800M Motherboard - 62 - English III. Save BIOS In the very beginning, there is Save Current BIOS icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the current BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM: In the very beginning, there is About this program icon shown in dialog box. It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported. 2. Note: I. In method I, if it shows two or more motherboards model names to be selected, please make sure your motherboards model name again. Selecting wrong model name will cause the system unbooted. II. In method II, be sure that motherboards model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your motherboards. Otherwise, your system wont boot. III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS TM server, please go onto Gigabytes web site for downloading and updating it according to method II. IV. Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted. V. Do not use @BIOS and C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) at the same time.
Appendix - 63 - English4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction RAID Levels RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logical unit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fault tolerance is achieved through data redundant operation, where if one drives fails, a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive. This can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs. The individual disk drives in an array are called members. The configuration information of each member is recorded in the reserved sector that identifies the drive as a member. All disk members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system. Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods. The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels. Different RAID levels represent different performance levels, security levels and implementation costs. The RAID levels which the VIA VT8237R chipset supports are RAID 0, RAID 1,and JBOD. RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between 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. The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB. RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance. RAID 1 (Mirroring) RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel. If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond, the remaining drive will continue to function. Due to redundancy, the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive. Under a RAID 1 setup, an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached. Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed drive that is part of a mirrored array. Due to the fault tolerance, if any RAID 1 drive fails, data access will not be affected as long as there are other working drives in the array. JBOD (Spanning) A spanning disk array is equal to the sum of the all drives when the drives used are having different capacities. Spanning stores data onto a drive until it is full, then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array. When any disk member fails, the failure affects the entire array. JBOD is not really a RAID and does not support fault tolerance.
GA-K8VM800M Motherboard - 64 - English Please follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array: 1) Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction. Note: To achieve best performance, it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make and storage capacity. 2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. IDE, SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on Integrated Peripherals). 4) Enter RAID setup in the BIOS and select the RAID type (For instance, enter Tab to select VT8237R RAID; Ctrl + S to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. More information on steps 4 and 5 is provided. (For more detailed setup information, please visit our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the VT8237(VT8237R) SATA RAID BIOS The RAID BIOS setup utility lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array. Entering the VT8237(VT8237R) SATA RAID BIOS Setup Utility 1. After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press Ta b. The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading the OS. You have a few seconds to press Ta b before the window disappears. Press Ta b to enter RAID setup utility, the VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS utility screen will appear. You can press up arrow key or down arrow key to move the selection bar and select the item that you want to execute. VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID BIOS Setting Utility V2.41 Copyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc. All Right reserved. Scan Devices, Please wait... Press key into User Window! Serial_Ch0 Master : ST3120026AS Serial_Ch1 Master : ST3120026AS X XX X XCreate Array X XX X XDelete Array X XX X XCreate/Delete Spare X XX X XSelect Boot Array X XX X XSerial Number View VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41 Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status Serial_Ch0 MasterST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd Serial_Ch1 MasterST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : View Array/disk Status K KK K K, L LL L L: Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : Exit
Appendix - 65 - EnglishA. Create Array: Press Enter on Create Array item, you will see the screen as shown below. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41 Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status Serial_Ch0 MasterST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd Serial_Ch1 MasterST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : View Array/disk Status K KK K K, L LL L L: Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : ExitX XX X XAuto Setup For Performance X XX X XArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping) X XX X XSelect Disk Drives X XX X XBlock Size 64K X XX X XStart Create Process Before create an Array, you have to set the array mode first. Select Array Mode and press Enter, use the arrow key to select the array mode. The options are: RAID 0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, and RAID SPAN for capacity. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41 Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status Serial_Ch0 MasterST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd Serial_Ch1 MasterST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : View Array/disk Status K KK K K, L LL L L: Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : ExitX XX X XAuto Setup For Data Security X XX X XArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping) X XX X XSelect Disk Drives X XX X XBlock Size 64K X XX X XStart Create ProcessRAID 0 for performance RAID 1 for data protection RAID SPAN for capacity
GA-K8VM800M Motherboard - 66 - English After array mode is selected, there are two methods to create a disk array. One method is Auto Setup and the other one is Select Disk Drives. Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives and create arrays automatically, but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if the user selected Create and duplicate for RAID 1. It is recommended all disk drives are new ones when wanting to create an array. Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array drives by their requirements. Select the Select Disk Drives item and press Enter, use the arrow key to select the hard disk. The selected hard disk will be marked a star(*) signal. Use the arrow key to select Start Create Process and press Enter. A warning message will appear [The data on the selected disks will be destroied. Continue? (Y/N)], press Y to finish the creation, or press N to cancel the creation. Important note: All existing contents in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41 Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status [*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe0 [*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe1 Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : View Array/disk Status K KK K K, L LL L L: Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : ExitX XX X XAuto Setup For Performance X XX X XArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping) X XX X XSelect Disk Drives X XX X XBlock Size 64K X XX X XStart Create Process If you select a RAID 0 array, the block size of the array can also be selected. Use the arrow key to select Block Size and press Enter, then select a block size from the popup menu. The block size can be 4KB to 64KB. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41 Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status [*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe0 [*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe1 Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : View Array/disk Status K KK K K, L LL L L: Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : ExitX XX X XAuto Setup For Performance X XX X XArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping) X XX X XSelect Disk Drives X XX X XBlock Size 64K X XX X XStart Create Process4K 8K 16K 32K 64K
Appendix - 67 - EnglishB. Delete Array: If you want to delete the Array, select Delete Array in the main menu and press Enter. The channel column will be activated. Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press Enter. A warning message will show up, press Y to delete or press N to cancel. Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 arrays. When a RAID is deleted, the data on these two hard disk drives will be reserved and become two normal disk drives. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41 Delete a RAID array contain the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : View Array/disk Status K KK K K, L LL L L: Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : ExitX XX X XCreate Array X XX X XDelete Array X XX X XCreate/Delete Spare X XX X XSelect Boot Array X XX X XSerial Number View Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status [*]Serial_Ch0 MasterST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111.79 Stripe0 [*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111.79 Stripe1The selected array will be destoried. Are you sure? Continue? Press Y/N C. Select Boot Array: You can select a disk array as boot device if you want to boot operating system from an array. Boot disk array cannot be selected if the operating system does not boot from the disk array. Highlight the Select Boot Array item; press Enter and the channel column will be activated. Then highlight the target disk array and press Enter. Press Esc to go back to main menu. If you want to cancel the boot array, select the disk array that has a star(*) mark and press Enter, its boot setting will be canceled. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41 Set/Clear bootable array F1 : View Array/disk Status K KK K K, L LL L L: Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : ExitX XX X XCreate Array X XX X XDelete Array X XX X XCreate/Delete Spare X XX X XSelect Boot Array X XX X XSerial Number View Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status [*]Serial_Ch0 MasterST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111.79 Boot [*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111.79 Boot
GA-K8VM800M Motherboard - 68 - English D. Serial Number View: Highlight Serial Number View and press Enter. Use arrow key to select a drive, the selected drives serial number can be viewed in the last column. The serial number is assigned by the disk drive manufacturer. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41 View the serial number of hard disk, it is useful for identify same model disks F1 : View Array/disk Status K KK K K, L LL L L: Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : ExitX XX X XCreate Array X XX X XDelete Array X XX X XCreate/Delete Spare X XX X XSelect Boot Array X XX X XSerial Number View Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status Serial_Ch0 MasterST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111.79 Stripe0 Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS ARRAY 0 SATA 111.79 Stripe1 Serial Number: 3JT354CP E. View Array Status: Press the F1 key to show the array status on the lower screen. If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41 Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : View Array/disk Status K KK K K, L LL L L: Move to next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : Exit Array Name Array Mode Block Size(GB) Size(GB) ARRAY 0 Stripe 64K 223.58X XX X XCreate Array X XX X XDelete Array X XX X XCreate/Delete Spare X XX X XSelect Boot Array X XX X XSerial Number View
Appendix - 69 - EnglishInstalling the RAID drivers To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode (Note1). Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in your system. Boot from the startup disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press ENTER after each command (Fig.1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu. Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk. Press 0 to exit when finished. Fig.1Fig. 2 Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Press F6 as soon as you see the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver message, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. (Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.) (Note 1): For users without a startup disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. From the CD- ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder. A command prompt window will open similar to that in Fig. 2.
GA-K8VM800M Motherboard - 70 - English 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out. STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 2-channel mode for stereo speaker output check box. 2 Channel Audio Setup We recommend that you use speakers with amplifier to get the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied. Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, youll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to select the function.