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Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 3 2. Installation of RAID 4 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.2 Create Disk Array 8 2.3.3 Delete Disk Array 13 2.3.4 Select Boot Array 14 3. Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1.
Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 3 2. Installation of RAID 4 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.2 Create Disk Array 8 2.3.3 Delete Disk Array 13 2.3.4 Select Boot Array 14 3. Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1.
RAID Installation Guide
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... may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy drive. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and... located in Windows environment. STEP 3: When you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy diskette. Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on the screen, "...
... may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy drive. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and... located in Windows environment. STEP 3: When you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy diskette. Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on the screen, "...
RAID Installation Guide
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Installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP For the installation of the screen, "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...." At this moment, please press key and the following information will see the message at the bottom of Windows 2000 or Windows XP, please insert Windows 2000 or Windows XP CD into the optical drive. Then remove the floppy diskette, and reboot the system. At the very beginning, you will ap p ea r. 15 3.
Installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP For the installation of the screen, "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...." At this moment, please press key and the following information will see the message at the bottom of Windows 2000 or Windows XP, please insert Windows 2000 or Windows XP CD into the optical drive. Then remove the floppy diskette, and reboot the system. At the very beginning, you will ap p ea r. 15 3.
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When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to follow the instructions of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 Please use . You will see the instruction as followed. After inserting the SATA HDD driver diskette and pressing key, you will see the different versions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to the OS you to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. Please press key to install.
When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to follow the instructions of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 Please use . You will see the instruction as followed. After inserting the SATA HDD driver diskette and pressing key, you will see the different versions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to the OS you to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. Please press key to install.
User Manual
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Software Support 43 4.1 Install Operating System 43 4.2 Support CD Information 43 4.2.1 Running Support CD 43 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 43 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 43 4.2.4 "LGA 775 CPU Installation Live Demo" Program .. 43 4.2.5 Contact Information 43 4 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration 36 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 37 3.3.8 USB Configuration 38 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 39 3.5 Boot Screen 39 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 40 3.5.2 Boot Device Priority 40 3.6 Security Screen 41 3.7 Exit Screen 42 4.
Software Support 43 4.1 Install Operating System 43 4.2 Support CD Information 43 4.2.1 Running Support CD 43 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 43 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 43 4.2.4 "LGA 775 CPU Installation Live Demo" Program .. 43 4.2.5 Contact Information 43 4 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration 36 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 37 3.3.8 USB Configuration 38 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 39 3.5 Boot Screen 39 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 40 3.5.2 Boot Device Priority 40 3.6 Security Screen 41 3.7 Exit Screen 42 4.
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Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive. C. Then you will see the ..., and then a window for proper configuration. E. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . During POST at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS STEP 3: Install Windows 2000 / Windows XP... OS on your system. WARNING! STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. Before you start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 2.12.2 Installing Windows XP 64-bit With RAID...
Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive. C. Then you will see the ..., and then a window for proper configuration. E. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . During POST at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS STEP 3: Install Windows 2000 / Windows XP... OS on your system. WARNING! STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. Before you start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 2.12.2 Installing Windows XP 64-bit With RAID...
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..., "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path in Windows environment, please install SATA drivers from [RAID] to set up BIOS. Please install Windows 98 / Windows ME OS on your IDE HDDs instead of Windows 2000 / Windows XP / ... diskette into your system. B. If you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your system. B. After making a SATA driver diskette, you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions, you want to set up...
..., "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path in Windows environment, please install SATA drivers from [RAID] to set up BIOS. Please install Windows 98 / Windows ME OS on your IDE HDDs instead of Windows 2000 / Windows XP / ... diskette into your system. B. If you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your system. B. After making a SATA driver diskette, you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions, you want to set up...
User Manual
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...information. 43 Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the motherboard's Support CD through this chapter for more about ASRock, welcome to know more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with Intel LGA 775 socket, which is a new ...CPU socket interface that Intel has released. Refer to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices. You may contact your CD-ROM drive. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary,...
...information. 43 Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the motherboard's Support CD through this chapter for more about ASRock, welcome to know more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with Intel LGA 775 socket, which is a new ...CPU socket interface that Intel has released. Refer to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices. You may contact your CD-ROM drive. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary,...
Quick Installation Guide
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B. WARNING! The system will lose ALL data in it! Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press . Formatting the floppy diskette will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy drive. STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS" to ... Before you start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 22 ASRock 775Dual-880Pro Motherboard English When you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy diskette. E. After making a SATA driver diskette and using "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration. Start to format ...
B. WARNING! The system will lose ALL data in it! Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press . Formatting the floppy diskette will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy drive. STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS" to ... Before you start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 22 ASRock 775Dual-880Pro Motherboard English When you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy diskette. E. After making a SATA driver diskette and using "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration. Start to format ...
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...SATA RAID BIOS and the document in the support CD, "Guide to VIA RAID Tool", which is located in Windows environment, please install SATA drivers from the Support CD again so that "VIA RAID Tool" will be installed to your system. Windows 98 / Windows ME does not support... RAID functions. 2. B. After making a SATA driver diskette, you are located at the following path in the Support CD: .. \ 64bit SATA Driver STEP 2: Install Windows XP 64-bit OS on your system as well. 23 ASRock 775Dual-880Pro Motherboard English After the installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP /...
...SATA RAID BIOS and the document in the support CD, "Guide to VIA RAID Tool", which is located in Windows environment, please install SATA drivers from the Support CD again so that "VIA RAID Tool" will be installed to your system. Windows 98 / Windows ME does not support... RAID functions. 2. B. After making a SATA driver diskette, you are located at the following path in the Support CD: .. \ 64bit SATA Driver STEP 2: Install Windows XP 64-bit OS on your system as well. 23 ASRock 775Dual-880Pro Motherboard English After the installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP /...
Quick Installation Guide
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... start to install Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your system. After setting up RAID functions, there is no need to make a SATA driver diskette. 24 ASRock 775Dual-880Pro Motherboard English You can start to install Windows 98 / ME on your system directly. 2.11.2 Installing Windows XP / 2000 / XP 64-bit Without RAID...
... start to install Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your system. After setting up RAID functions, there is no need to make a SATA driver diskette. 24 ASRock 775Dual-880Pro Motherboard English You can start to install Windows 98 / ME on your system directly. 2.11.2 Installing Windows XP / 2000 / XP 64-bit Without RAID...
Quick Installation Guide
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... to be damaged by improper handling, ASRock sincerely presents you start up the computer, please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to display the menus. The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that Intel has released...that will display the Main Menu automatically if "AUTORUN" is designed to scroll through the following path: ..\ MPEGAV \ LGA775INST.DAT 25 ASRock 775Dual-880Pro Motherboard English To see this live demo program before you a clear installation guide through this Live Demo in your CD-ROM drive. When...
... to be damaged by improper handling, ASRock sincerely presents you start up the computer, please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to display the menus. The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that Intel has released...that will display the Main Menu automatically if "AUTORUN" is designed to scroll through the following path: ..\ MPEGAV \ LGA775INST.DAT 25 ASRock 775Dual-880Pro Motherboard English To see this live demo program before you a clear installation guide through this Live Demo in your CD-ROM drive. When...