RAID Installation Guide
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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 SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 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 SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 1
RAID Installation Guide
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...a diskette into the floppy drive at this moment!) STEP 2: During POST at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 3 WARNING! 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. Formatting the floppy diskette will...If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . 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 your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD ...
...a diskette into the floppy drive at this moment!) STEP 2: During POST at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 3 WARNING! 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. Formatting the floppy diskette will...If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . 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 your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD ...
RAID Installation Guide
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3. Then remove the floppy diskette, and reboot the system. 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. Installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP For the installation of the screen, "Press F6 if you will ap p ea r. 15 At the very beginning, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...."
3. Then remove the floppy diskette, and reboot the system. 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. Installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP For the installation of the screen, "Press F6 if you will ap p ea r. 15 At the very beginning, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...."
RAID Installation Guide
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Please press key to install the SATA driver diskette that you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to follow the instructions of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 After inserting the SATA HDD driver diskette and pressing key, you will see the different versions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you to install. Please use . When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to the OS you previously made. You will see the instruction as followed.
Please press key to install the SATA driver diskette that you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to follow the instructions of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 After inserting the SATA HDD driver diskette and pressing key, you will see the different versions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you to install. Please use . When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to the OS you previously made. You will see the instruction as followed.
RAID Utility for Windows Guide
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After GUI software is installed, it will appear in the system tray of the software. 1 An icon will automatically start every time when your Windows OS is currently running. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is a Windows-based software utility with graphical user interface and provides user an easy-operation tool to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to call out the main interface of the tool bar to indicate that GUI software is started. Just double click on the small icon to VT8237 SATA controller. RAID Software 1.
After GUI software is installed, it will appear in the system tray of the software. 1 An icon will automatically start every time when your Windows OS is currently running. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is a Windows-based software utility with graphical user interface and provides user an easy-operation tool to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to call out the main interface of the tool bar to indicate that GUI software is started. Just double click on the small icon to VT8237 SATA controller. RAID Software 1.
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... button, a warning message will pop up . Press "Create" button to create or "Cancel" button to remove the selected disk drive. The "Creating Array" window will list the available disk drives for array-creating. 2. Select a disk drive and click right arrow button to add the specific disk drive to cancel.... 3 Click "Auto" button. After you select "Custom", the "Available Disks" window will pop up . After adding a disk drive, user can also remove the selected disk drive from array. Click "Yes" to finish the creation of ...
... button, a warning message will pop up . Press "Create" button to create or "Cancel" button to remove the selected disk drive. The "Creating Array" window will list the available disk drives for array-creating. 2. Select a disk drive and click right arrow button to add the specific disk drive to cancel.... 3 Click "Auto" button. After you select "Custom", the "Available Disks" window will pop up . After adding a disk drive, user can also remove the selected disk drive from array. Click "Yes" to finish the creation of ...
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3. Click "Yes" to delete the specific disk array or click "No" to delete from the left window. Select the disk array that you want to cancel. 6 Click "Remove Array" button , then a warning message will pop up. 2. Delete Disk Array 1.
3. Click "Yes" to delete the specific disk array or click "No" to delete from the left window. Select the disk array that you want to cancel. 6 Click "Remove Array" button , then a warning message will pop up. 2. Delete Disk Array 1.
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... restart the computer or click "No" to show each disk's current status as following picture. New setting will fail. 7 After you complete the checking, a dialog window will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has been deleted successfully and ask user whether to restart the computer. otherwise the checking...
... restart the computer or click "No" to show each disk's current status as following picture. New setting will fail. 7 After you complete the checking, a dialog window will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has been deleted successfully and ask user whether to restart the computer. otherwise the checking...
User Manual
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ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 PS/2 keyboard port, 1 serial port: COM1, 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support, 6 ready-to-use a 3.3V AGP card on the AGP slot ... Supports "Plug and Play" ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2.3.1 support CPU frequency stepless control (only for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98 / ME. 6. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of this motherboard offers stepless control, it back again. To...
ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 PS/2 keyboard port, 1 serial port: COM1, 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support, 6 ready-to-use a 3.3V AGP card on the AGP slot ... Supports "Plug and Play" ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2.3.1 support CPU frequency stepless control (only for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98 / ME. 6. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of this motherboard offers stepless control, it back again. To...
User Manual
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...driver diskette ready, you may start to format and copy files [YN]? Please insert a floppy diskette 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 diskette. STEP 3: When you see ...2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 4: Then you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your SATA HDDs, you will need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. Please refer...
...driver diskette ready, you may start to format and copy files [YN]? Please insert a floppy diskette 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 diskette. STEP 3: When you see ...2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 4: Then you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your SATA HDDs, you will need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. Please refer...
User Manual
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... it shows "Unlocked", you will find an item Ratio CMOS Setting appears to allow you use the ratio value to [Auto] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. CPU Thermal Throttling You may also select other value as Microsoft®...; Windows® XP. This option will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically. Ratio Actual Value This is a read -only item, which displays ...
... it shows "Unlocked", you will find an item Ratio CMOS Setting appears to allow you use the ratio value to [Auto] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. CPU Thermal Throttling You may also select other value as Microsoft®...; Windows® XP. This option will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically. Ratio Actual Value This is a read -only item, which displays ...
User Manual
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..., and Reporting Technology) feature. for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; PIO Mode Use this feature is enabled, it will enhance hard disk performance by optimizing the hard disk timing. DMA Mode DMA capability allows the...
..., and Reporting Technology) feature. for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; PIO Mode Use this feature is enabled, it will enhance hard disk performance by optimizing the hard disk timing. DMA Mode DMA capability allows the...
User Manual
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... the CD into your computer. or you may check this Live Demo, you start the installation of CPU and motherboard damages caused by improper handling, ASRock sincerely presents you a clear installation guide through the following path: ..\ MPEGAV \ LGA775INST.DAT 4.2.5 Contact Information If you may contact your dealer for general reference only... vary, use the setup procedures in the Support CD to play the file. Chapter 4 Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP.
... the CD into your computer. or you may check this Live Demo, you start the installation of CPU and motherboard damages caused by improper handling, ASRock sincerely presents you a clear installation guide through the following path: ..\ MPEGAV \ LGA775INST.DAT 4.2.5 Contact Information If you may contact your dealer for general reference only... vary, use the setup procedures in the Support CD to play the file. Chapter 4 Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP.
Quick Installation Guide
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...installation guide of this motherboard offers stepless control, it back again. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98/ ME. 6. Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to spray thermal grease between the CPU ... damage! 5. English 6 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 PS/2 keyboard port, 1 serial port: COM1, 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support, 6 ready-to perform over-clocking. Although this motherboard! It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1/2000 SP4...
...installation guide of this motherboard offers stepless control, it back again. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98/ ME. 6. Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to spray thermal grease between the CPU ... damage! 5. English 6 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 PS/2 keyboard port, 1 serial port: COM1, 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support, 6 ready-to perform over-clocking. Although this motherboard! It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1/2000 SP4...
Quick Installation Guide
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..., Please insert a diskette into the floppy diskette. Formatting the floppy diskette will start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. Start to boot your system. 19 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard English The system will lose ALL data in it! STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS..." to set RAID configuration, you need to the different Windows OS versions. 2.9.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP with RAID functions, please follow the...
..., Please insert a diskette into the floppy diskette. Formatting the floppy diskette will start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. Start to boot your system. 19 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard English The system will lose ALL data in it! STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS..." to set RAID configuration, you need to the different Windows OS versions. 2.9.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP with RAID functions, please follow the...
Quick Installation Guide
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... driver diskette, you can start to your system. Insert the floppy diskette into your system as well. 20 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard English The SATA 64-bit drivers are allowed to install Windows XP 64-bit OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. 2.9.2 Installing... Tool" will be installed to VIA RAID Tool", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 1. Windows 98 / Windows ME does not support RAID functions. 2. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID ...
... driver diskette, you can start to your system. Insert the floppy diskette into your system as well. 20 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard English The SATA 64-bit drivers are allowed to install Windows XP 64-bit OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. 2.9.2 Installing... Tool" will be installed to VIA RAID Tool", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 1. Windows 98 / Windows ME does not support RAID functions. 2. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID ...
Quick Installation Guide
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... functions, there is no need to make a SATA driver diskette. 21 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard English B. You can start to install Windows 98 / ME on your system directly. 2.10.2 Installing Windows XP / 2000 / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP / 2000 / XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID...
... functions, there is no need to make a SATA driver diskette. 21 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard English B. You can start to install Windows 98 / ME on your system directly. 2.10.2 Installing Windows XP / 2000 / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP / 2000 / XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID...
Quick Installation Guide
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... CD. 4. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double-click on the system chassis. It is designed to display the menus. 22 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard English If you to select among the predetermined choices. The Support CD that came with its various sub-menus and to scroll through its... Utility. 3. For the detailed information about BIOS Setup, please refer to enter BIOS Setup utility; Software Support CD information This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 98 SE/ ME / 2000 / XP.
... CD. 4. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double-click on the system chassis. It is designed to display the menus. 22 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard English If you to select among the predetermined choices. The Support CD that came with its various sub-menus and to scroll through its... Utility. 3. For the detailed information about BIOS Setup, please refer to enter BIOS Setup utility; Software Support CD information This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 98 SE/ ME / 2000 / XP.
User Manual
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...up events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2.3.1 support CPU frequency stepless control (only for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98 / ME. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 5. It may ...Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. About the setting of this motherboard offers stepless control, it back again. Before you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the AGP slot of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 26. 2. While CPU overheat is not recommended to perform over-clocking. ASRock...
...up events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2.3.1 support CPU frequency stepless control (only for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98 / ME. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 5. It may ...Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. About the setting of this motherboard offers stepless control, it back again. Before you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the AGP slot of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 26. 2. While CPU overheat is not recommended to perform over-clocking. ASRock...
User Manual
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... OS installation. Please select CDROM as the boot device. 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 your SATA HDDs, you will need to check the installation guide in ...it! 2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . Before you install the OS. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock...
... OS installation. Please select CDROM as the boot device. 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 your SATA HDDs, you will need to check the installation guide in ...it! 2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . Before you install the OS. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock...