User manual ASROCK P45XE-R

[. . . ] P45XE-WiFiN / P45XE-R / P45XE User Manual Version 1. 1 Published September 2008 Copyright©2008 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. 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. Disclaimer: Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. [. . . ] After that, both the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield are enabled. Connect the SATA data Connect the SATA cables to both orange data cables to both SATAII connectors (SATAII_6 (Port 5) and SATAII_5 (Port 4)) orange eSATAII connectors (eSATAII_ BOTTOM (Port 5) and eSATAII_TOP (Port 4)) 37 3. Use the eSATAII device cable to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of the I/O shield. Connect one end of the eSATAII device cable to eSATAII device Connect the other end of the eSATAII device cable to eSATAII port of the I/O shield Comparison between eSATAII and other devices IEEE 1394 USB 2. 0 SATA eSATAII/SATAII 400Mb/s 480Mb/s 1. 5Gb/s (1500Mb/s) 3. 0Gb/s (3000Mb/s) 38 SAT 2. 13 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below SATAII hard disk setup guide. Some default setting of SATAII hard disks may not be at SATAII mode, which operate with the best performance. In order to enable SATAII function, please follow the below instruction with different vendors to correctly adjust your SATAII hard disk to SATAII mode in advance; otherwise, your SATAII hard disk may fail to run at SATAII mode. Western Digital 7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2 If pin 5 and pin 6 are shorted, SATA 1. 5Gb/s will be enabled. On the other hand, if you want to enable SATAII 3. 0Gb/s, please remove the jumpers from pin 5 and pin 6. SAMSUNG 7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2 If pin 3 and pin 4 are shorted, SATA 1. 5Gb/s will be enabled. On the other hand, if you want to enable SATAII 3. 0Gb/s, please remove the jumpers from pin 3 and pin 4. HITACHI Please use the Feature Tool, a DOS-bootable tool, for changing various ATA features. Please visit HITACHI's website for details: http://www. hitachigst. com/hdd/support/download. htm The above examples are just for your reference. For different SATAII hard disk products of different vendors, the jumper pin setting methods may not be the same. Please visit the vendors' website for the updates. 39 AT (SAT AT (SAT 2 . 1 4 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation P45XE-WiFiN / P45XE-R adopts Intel® ICH10R south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage) functions. P45XE adopts Intel® ICH10 south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATAII connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. 1. If you plan to use RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 or Intel Matrix Storage function, you need to install at least 2 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 5 function, you need to install at least 3 SATA / SATAII hard disks. It is not recommended to switch the "Configure SATAII as" setting after OS installation. 40 Functions SAT SAT 2. 15 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII eSAT HDDs and eSATAII Devices P45XE-WiFiN / P45XE-R supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII / eSATAII Devices in RAID / AHCI mode. P45XE supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII / eSATAII Devices in AHCI mode. Intel® ICH10R / ICH10 south bridge chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. [. . . ] Enabled: Displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. If you enable the option "Full Screen Logo" but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots, please select [Enabled]. The default value is [Enabled]. 75 Boot Logo Use this option to select logo in POST screen. This option only appears when you enable the option "Full Screen Logo". [. . . ]