Biostar

Please update the latest BIOS for resolve the compatible issue. http://www.biostar.com.tw/support/bios/bios.php3?model=P4M890-M7%20PCI-E

When installing the driver, do not install VIA IDE driver will help to resolve the problem. This problem is caused by driver conflict by VIA IDE driver.

A: Dear Customer, when you have that kind of problem, please install the following driver to solve that. Thank you! http://driver1.biostar.com.tw/support/driver/ide/via/rawwritewin.exe

Please update the latest Nvidia IDE driver from website. Then it will resolve the problem.

This problem Is caused by a bug of Microsoft Operating System. A patch file need to be installed In order to fix such error. When the system are using HD Audio such as Realtek ALC 880 / 882 /883 / 861 chipset , a Microsoft patch file Is needed. Please refer to following link accordingly In order to download the Patch file from the Microsoft website. Windows Server 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D0934D06-15B3-4A65-8C52-746BEB24E86C&displaylang=en Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0E850506-50EE-4458-902F-F9FC59201B04&displaylang=en WinXP x64 Edition http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DAB139F1-065C-41E8-A148-9D79BD9D24F9&displaylang=en

Please install a jumper cap on pins 5 and 6. It will enable HDD SATA 150MB/s only operation. Then the HDD will be detected by VIA 8237/8237R southbridge motherboards. Also please refer the following website link for detail information. Western Digital website link.

The PFWRP(Phoenix FirstWare Recover Pro) is required to keep a free partition In HDD before install it. That mean we needs to reserve some free partition on the HDD. The PFWRP will create the partition on the reserve area during the installation. For example, If we had 80G HDD and would like to seperate It into two partition. We can format the HDD into two partition 30G and 30G as C: and D: respectively. Therefore, the PFWRP will format the other 20G during the installation.

Users can download the latest Intel Giga LAN driver for P4TCA Pro on Intel website. http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=1068 Driver link

iDEQ300G, 330G, and 330P require F6 disk to install Windows OS in RAID array. Biostar motherboard supports USB device boot function. Users can use either USB floppy drive or USB flash sticks(supports floppy mode) to replace standard 3.5 inch floppy driver for F6 disk installation. Just copy the RAID driver files into USB flash disk, then system will be able to recognize it during Windows installation.