Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra. Talk about feature set, these boards are packed to the gills with all the toys and Soyo also took things a step further by bundling in really nice add-ons like the SPDIF Output Header for full 6 Channel Audio for use with the C-MEDIA on board sound chip, that comes standard with both of these boards. In addition, Soyo packs in their "Mighty Bolt" 3.
Then there are the integrated Highpoint Controllers. You just can't beat the kind of integration Soyo brings to the table with both of these boards. Search all. Add Spare Disk The following steps shall be taken to add the spare disk.
In the menu zone, select 4. Add Spare Disk and press Enter to confirm. In menu zone of the popup sub-interface, select 1. Page Install Raid Administrator Enter to confirm this operation and go to next. In the validated channel status zone , use the arrow key to select the boot device and press Enter to confirm. Page 95 I. The above interface stays only for a while.
Page 96 Tool Bar: It provides shortcut way to execute the common commands. Commands shown by Tool Bar can also be found under Configuration menu. Page 97 1. In the follow-on dialog box, click Create button to create stripe array, or click Cancel button to cancel this creation.
If the cancel operation has been selected, the system will remain unchanged. After the completion of creating stripe array, shut down all other programs. Page 98 3. If the user wants to use a spare disk, please select Spare Disk item. Click Create to begin the creation or Cancel to exit. Note: 1. Page 4. If the user is to add the spare disk, select the hard disk to be used in the follow-on dialog box, and then click Finish button.
If the user is to remove the spare disk, click Finish button in the follow-on dialog box. Page 1. Right-click the mirror array to be synchronized. Select Synchronize Mirror item from the popup menu. The mirror array being synchronized is labeled at locked status. By selecting this disk array, the user can see the progress of synchronizing mirror. Validate Mirror The user can validate the locked mirror array through the following steps Page 2. In the popup menu, select Validate Mirror item.
Once the mirror disk is validated, it will be implicit by the program that the data on the mirror disk is the same with that on the source disk. And the program will no longer ask the user to synchronize mirror. Page remain unchanged. After the create operation is complete, please shut down all other programs. And then click to restart the computer.
The user may also select to restart the computer later. Warning: In the creation of the span array, only the data on the first member disk will be preserved while the data on others will be completely destroyed. Page 3. In the popup dialog box, select the hard disks to be used, and add them into Source Disks column or Mirror Disks column. Click Create button to create or Cancel button to cancel the creation.
If the user selects Cancel, the system will remain unchanged. Remove Disk Array The following steps shall be taken to remove disk array. Page first disk reserved while the data on other disks will be all destroyed. Set Transfer Mode The following steps shall be taken to set transfer mode of hard disk: 1. Select the hard disk in the disk tree.
Click Mode icon on the tool bar. Page below. Note: When reading data from the mirror array, the source disk is always to be read first, and the mirror disk will not be accessed if the data is successfully read out from the source disk and so the mirror disk's failure can not be detected. Page XI. Hot-swapping Hard Disks of Mirror Array During the working process of the mirror array, if there is failure of either the source disk or the mirror disk and the spare disk has not been set, the user can remove the failed hard disk while the computer is still on and hot-plug in a new one.
Page For example, if the failed hard disk is connected to IDE2 and set as master, its substitute must be connected to IDE2 and set as master. Warning: In order to avoid any possible damage to both the system and the device by the manual hot-swap of power and cable.
Page Windows manager. Click Re-install device 5. Re-install driver 4. Page 9. If you click yes without browsing, Win XP will not find the. Follow the system prompt to finish the installation, and restart the computer.
If Windows is installed from the floppy drive, please let the installing program run automatically. Insert the floppy disk of driver, then press Enter to continue.
If you cannot find these two above-mentioned device items, or there on device icon, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and needs reinstallation. Page Verify Installation on Windows When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted: 1. Right-click My Computer icon, select Property item in the popup menu. In the popup window, select Hardware item and then click Device Manager button.
Right-click My Computer icon, then select Property item from the popup menu 2. In the popup window, select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button. Otherwise, if user cannot find these four device items, or there is markings on device icon, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user needs to delete the devices and reinstall the drivers. Software adjustable volume. CD Player can play standard audio CDs, and allow you to create your own playlist. Page Showing or Hiding Audio Rack Components To show or hide a component from the display, click the component button s listed on the top.
Current Track field shows the number of the currently selected CD track. Page To show or hide a component from the display, click the component button s listed on the top. The first thing that is truly eye-catching about the Soyo P4I Fire Dragon isn't the feature list, rather it's the limited-edition packaging that the board comes in:. The box, the manual and even the driver CD all proudly display the US flag and send a very supportive message from the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer.
Maybe that's wishful thinking on our part but we'd still like to commend Soyo on showing their support with the packaging of the P4I Fire Dragon. Now onto the motherboard itself. Unlike those two manufacturers, Soyo actually bundled the board with a bracket that features outputs for the rears, center and sub outputs. There is one IEEE port on the board itself while the other ports are on a panel that installs into a 5.
Form Factor. Bus Speeds. Core Voltages Supported. AGP Voltages Supported.
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