User manual SONY VAIO VPCCB390X

[. . . ] AMD, AthlonTM, AthlonTM XP, ThoroughbredTM, and DuronTM are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, DualNet, and nForce are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. PS/2 and OS ® /2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. W indows ® 95/98/2000/NT/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Use Arrow keys to move among the items and menus, and make changes to the settings. Main Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc. Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features available on your system's chipset. Exit This menu allows you to load the BIOS default values or factory default settings into the BIOS and exit the BIOS setup utility with or without changes. 3-4 BIOS Setup Main The items inside the Main menu are for basic system information and configuration. Use the Up/Down arrow keys or <Tab> to highlight the item or field you want to modify and use the <+> or <-> key to switch to the value you prefer. System Time The time format is <HH> <MM> <SS>. Legacy Diskette A This setting allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. IDE Primary Master/Slave, SATA Port 1/2/3/4 [Type] Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select [Manual], [None] or [Auto] type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use [Manual] to define your own drive type manually. [Multi-Sector Transfers] Any selection except Disabled determines 3-5 M S-9218 Server [LBA Mode Control] [32-Bit I/O] [Tranfer Mode] [Ultra DMA Mode] the number of sectors transferred per block Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Addressing to be used in place of Cylinders, Heads and Sectors Enables 32-bit communication between CPU and IDE card Selects the method for transferring the data between the hard disk and system memory Indicates the type of Ultra DMA Boot Features The sub-menu is used to configure system boot-up features. Floppy Check This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time. W hen [Enabled], the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process. Once the CPU has reached a safe operating temperature, thermal throttling is automatically disabled, and normal full speed processing begins again. Set Max Ext CPUID = 3 This setting sets the Max CPUID extended function value to 3. C1 Enhanced Mode This item allows you to enable/disable the C1E power management feature (for E0 CPU or later) which can drop clock speed and voltage on the processor. Intel(R) Virtualization Technology Virtualization enhanced by Intel Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple "virtual" systems. No Execute Mode Mem Protection This item allows you to enable/disable the No Execute Mode Mem Protection feature which can mark pages of memory as not executable, thus preventing certain types of buffer overflow attacks. Processor Power M anagement This setting offers power management options for the processor. [GV1/GV3 Only] C States are disabled. 3-12 BIOS Setup Hardware M onitor Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: Auto Fan Speed Control This item enables/disables the Smart Fan feature. Smart Fan is an excellent feature which will adjust the CPU fan speed automatically depending on the CPU current temperature, avoiding system damage caused by overheating. V(VCC5), V(Vcore), V(VCC3), V(V_1P5), V(12V), V(3Vsb), CPU/ SYS Temperature, CPU Fan/ SYS Fan1/ SYS Fan2 Speed These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices/components such as CPU voltage, temperatures and all fans' speeds. 3-13 M S-9218 Server I/O Device Configuration The sub-menu is used to configure I/O Devices for optimal system performance. Integrated Device Control Sub-M enu The sub-menu is used to configure the specified integrated device. Legacy USB Support Set to [Enabled] if your need to use any USB 1. 1/2. 0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 1. 1/2. 0 driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. 3-14 BIOS Setup Serial Port A/B These settings specify the base I/O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port A / B. Selecting [Auto] allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I/ O port address. [. . . ] Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu. Press Esc to return to the previous menu. w Creating Arrays Before creating arrays, make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system. Note that disks with no usable space, or disks that are uninitialized are shown in gray and cannot be used. Turn on your computer and press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. [. . . ]