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Top 10 Most-Requested FAQs

	Question	Date
1	I plug in 4GB of memory into my P8SAA board but Windows XP only shows 3GB of memory. Everything works fine but why does Windows shows only 3GB of memory?	01/15/05
2	We are experiencing performance issues with X7DB8 and Windows Server 2008. Are there any known issues with this configuration?	07/19/08
3	I have a X7DAL-E main board with BIOS version 2.0a, but I see there is latest BIOS version 2.1 on your website. I had download but can’t update the BIOS version since I don’t floppy drive. Is there another way to flash the BIOS?	07/25/08
4	Does the SATA RAID in the P4SCI, P4SCT, P4SCT+, P4SCT+II support the Linux operating system?	03/08/04
5	I have installed 4GB of memory on my E7505 board, but in Windows under "My Computer" and the in the task manager I only see 3GB?	06/04/03
6	Question: We have following configuration: AS2021M-T2R+ 2 x 1GB DDRII 667 ECC REG DIMM 1 x Opteron 2212 CPU 3ware 9550SX-8LP RAID card 6 x 80GB Seagate SATA (connected to 3ware card) We've encountered problem while installing Windows 2003 server with RAID level 5. During installation this error message occurs "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer" and cannot continue the installation. We've already tried the following and got the same message. a. using different RAID level (0, 1) b. connecting directing to the hdds (w/o using the backplane) c. we also tried installing centos 5.1 d. using other hdds Is there anything more we can do to troubleshoot the problem?	05/02/08
7	I just got my SuperServer 7043P-8R. I have completed installing the processors, memory and hard drives. When the Power is applied, the system BIOS displays and everything on it looks good but there is very loud alarm buzzer ON and I thought the power supply had gone bad. But all the LED’s on power supply are lit green which I believe means the Power Supply is good. Any suggestion on what may be causing the alarm trigger ON and how I can turn OFF the alarm?	03/26/04
8	What is the difference between SuperDoctor III and IPMI?	11/09/03
9	Do you have any SATA RAID management tool to monitor the RAID status under RedHat 9.0?	04/11/04
10	I saw your P4SCT+ and P4SCT+II all support 6 SATA drives through the on-chip SATA controller and on-board Marvell 4 ports SATA controller. I am interested in such a product, but I wonder if I can use all 6 SATA drives at the same time?	03/06/04

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