User manual ABIT NF8-V PRO

[. . . ] NF8 Series (NF8 Pro/NF8/NF8-V Pro/NF8-V/NF8-V2) Socket 754 System Board User's Manual 4200-0432-07 Rev. 1. 02 Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. [. . . ] The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching. IDE DMA transfer access: This item selects the DMA mode for devices connected through IDE channels. OnChip SATA Controller: This item enables or disables the on-chip SATA controller. SATA DMA transfer: This item selects the DMA mode for devices connected through SATA channels. NF8 Series BIOS Setup 3-15 # RAID Config: Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: Phoenix ­ Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility RAID Config IDE RAID Item Help X - IDE Channel 0 Master RAID Disabled X - IDE Channel 0 Slave RAID Disabled X - IDE Channel 1 Master RAID Disabled X - IDE Channel 1 Slave RAID Disabled X - SATA Primary Master RAID Disabled X - SATA Secondary Master RAID Disabled :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults IDE RAID: This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE RAID function. IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave RAID, SATA Primary/Secondary Master RAID: Select the disks that you want to use as RAID disks. # Back to Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu: OnChip USB: This option enables or disables the USB controller. If you choose to disable this item, the "USB 2. 0 Controller" "USB Keyboard Support Via" "USB Mouse Support Via" and "USB Mass Storage Support" items will not be able to select in Integrated Peripherals menu. USB 2. 0 Controller: This option enables or disables the USB 2. 0 controller. USB Keyboard Support Via: This item allows you to select [BIOS] for using USB keyboard in DOS environment, or [OS] in OS environment. USB Mouse Support Via: This item allows you to select [BIOS] for using USB mouse in DOS environment, or [OS] in OS environment. USB Mass Storage Support: This item allows you to select [Enable] or [Disable] for using USB mass storage devices in DOS environment. User's Manual 3-16 Chapter 3 OnChip Audio Controller: This option enables or disables the audio controller. OnChip LAN Controller: This option enables or disables the LAN controller. LAN Boot ROM: This item allows you to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the local area network directly. Onboard 1394 Controller: This option enables or disables the IEEE 1394 controller. Onboard FDC Controller: Two options are available: Enabled and Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 1: This is used to specify the I/O address and IRQ of Serial Port 1. Six options are available: Disabled $ 3F8/IRQ4 $ 2F8/IRQ3 $ 3E8/IRQ4 $ 2E8/IRQ3 $ AUTO. Onboard Parallel Port: Sets the I/O address and IRQ of the onboard parallel port. Four options are available: Disabled $ 378/IRQ7 $ 278/IRQ5 $ 3BC/IRQ7. Parallel Port Mode: EPP Mode Select: Four options are available: SPP $ EPP $ ECP $ ECP+EPP. When the mode selected for the parallel port mode is EPP, the two EPP version options are available. When the mode selected for the parallel port mode is ECP, the DMA channel selected can be Channel 1 or Channel 3. NF8 Series BIOS Setup 3-17 3-6. [. . . ] Your reseller should be very familiar with your system configuration and should be able to solve your problem much more efficiently than we could. After all, your reseller regards you as an important customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well. They should know best what your system configuration is and your problem. If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department. [. . . ]