AMD 3800 Evaluator Guide - Page 23

AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 h. Select the Power menu. i. Set ACPI Version Features to v3.0. ii. Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu. i. Press Esc to return to the Main menu. 6. Select the Boot menu. a. Select the Boot Settings Configuration menu. b. Set Full Screen Logo to Disable. 7. Press F10 to save and exit. 8. Press OK. RAID Configuration 1. Power up the computer. 2. Press the F10 key to enter the RAID Settings screen. 3. Press the right-arrow cursor control key twice to move both disk drives into the Array Disks pane. 4. Change RAID-mode to Striping. 5. Press the TAB key until Striping block is selected. 6. Change the block size value to 64K. 7. Press the F7 key. 8. At the prompt, type "Y" to clear disk data. Operating System Configuration 1. Delete all existing partitions. 2. Create two new NTFS partitions of equal size (logical drives C: and D:). 3. Install Windows Vista in C:\. 4. Restart the computer when installation is complete. 5. Disable the sidebar by right-clicking the vacant area adjacent to the right edge of the screen, then selecting Close sidebar. 6. Right-click the corresponding task bar icon, then click Exit. 7. Unselect the option, then confirm the corresponding pop-up. 8. Disable User Account Control (UAC) as follows. a. Click Start, then click Control Panel. i. Click User Accounts and Family Safety. ii. Click User Accounts, then click Turn User Account Control... iii. A pop-up opens. Click Continue. iv. Unselect Use User Account Control. v. A pop-up opens. Click Restart now. b. The computer restarts and the Welcome Center window opens. 9. Unselect Run at startup (Welcome Center.... at the bottom of the Welcome Center window, and close the window. 24 Benchmarking System Configuration