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...may start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the Support CD into your optical drive to set the RAID configuration by using "RAID Utility for Windows" in Windows environment. STEP 5: The system will need to make a SATA driver diskette. STEP 4: Then you will lose ALL data in it! You may... the RAID configuration on your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit on your system directly without RAID functions, there is located in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press...
...may start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the Support CD into your optical drive to set the RAID configuration by using "RAID Utility for Windows" in Windows environment. STEP 5: The system will need to make a SATA driver diskette. STEP 4: Then you will lose ALL data in it! You may... the RAID configuration on your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit on your system directly without RAID functions, there is located in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press...
RAID Installation Guide
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... Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02.53 (C) Copyright 1985-2004. NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.81 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. After the below window appears, please press to enter RAID setup utility . . . 7 2.3 BIOS Setup Utility 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Setup Utility After the system powers on, press key to [RAID]. Highlight...
... Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02.53 (C) Copyright 1985-2004. NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.81 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. After the below window appears, please press to enter RAID setup utility . . . 7 2.3 BIOS Setup Utility 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Setup Utility After the system powers on, press key to [RAID]. Highlight...
RAID Installation Guide
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... operation mode. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02.53 (C) Copyright 1985-2004. Then, the below window appears. Detecting array . . . 0 Healthy NVIDIA RAID 0 74.54G Press F10 to press . 2.3.2 Create Disk Array Create RAID 0 After the system powers on, press key to... BIOS setup utility will appear. Highlight Advanced and press , then the main interface of the system POST and boot process prior to press before the window disappears. 8 You have a few seconds to loading the OS. American Megatrends, Inc.
... operation mode. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02.53 (C) Copyright 1985-2004. Then, the below window appears. Detecting array . . . 0 Healthy NVIDIA RAID 0 74.54G Press F10 to press . 2.3.2 Create Disk Array Create RAID 0 After the system powers on, press key to... BIOS setup utility will appear. Highlight Advanced and press , then the main interface of the system POST and boot process prior to press before the window disappears. 8 You have a few seconds to loading the OS. American Megatrends, Inc.
RAID Installation Guide
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And the Striping Block is set to Mirroring, but please set to create RAID 0. RAID Mode : Mirroring Free Disks Loc Disk 1.0.M Maxt 1.1.M Maxt Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning Stripimg Block : Optimal Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name [ ]Add [ ]Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup 9 By default, RAID Mode is set it to Striping if you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - Define a New Array - Define a New Array window appears. NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 - After you want to Optimal as default.
And the Striping Block is set to Mirroring, but please set to create RAID 0. RAID Mode : Mirroring Free Disks Loc Disk 1.0.M Maxt 1.1.M Maxt Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning Stripimg Block : Optimal Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name [ ]Add [ ]Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup 9 By default, RAID Mode is set it to Striping if you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - Define a New Array - Define a New Array window appears. NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 - After you want to Optimal as default.
RAID Installation Guide
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... that you have one adapter and multiple channels, and each hard disk is usually one or more channels. M Channel 1, controller 1, Master Finally, the Array List window appears, where you can have set up. Serial ATA 1 . 0 . In a typical system there is given in the Loc (location) columns of each channel has a slave...
... that you have one adapter and multiple channels, and each hard disk is usually one or more channels. M Channel 1, controller 1, Master Finally, the Array List window appears, where you can have set up. Serial ATA 1 . 0 . In a typical system there is given in the Loc (location) columns of each channel has a slave...
RAID Installation Guide
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... on, press key to press . Highlight Advanced and press , then the main interface of the system POST and boot process prior to press before the window disappears. 12 Detecting array . . . 0 Healthy NVIDIA RAID 1 74.54G Press F10 to [RAID]. Please set the option SATA Opera tion Mode to enter RAID... setup utility . . . NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.81 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. American Megatrends, Inc. Then, the below window appears. You have a few seconds to loading the OS. The RAID prompt appears as a part of BIOS setup utility will appear.
... on, press key to press . Highlight Advanced and press , then the main interface of the system POST and boot process prior to press before the window disappears. 12 Detecting array . . . 0 Healthy NVIDIA RAID 1 74.54G Press F10 to [RAID]. Please set the option SATA Opera tion Mode to enter RAID... setup utility . . . NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.81 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. American Megatrends, Inc. Then, the below window appears. You have a few seconds to loading the OS. The RAID prompt appears as a part of BIOS setup utility will appear.
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... [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Then, for the following steps, please to refer to change it when setting up RAID 1. Define a New Array window appears. And you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 - Define a New Array - Define a New Array - After you will see the...
... [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Then, for the following steps, please to refer to change it when setting up RAID 1. Define a New Array window appears. And you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 - Define a New Array - Define a New Array - After you will see the...
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... ROM BIOS 4.81 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. You have a few seconds to [RAID]. Please set the option SATA Opera tion Mode to press before the window disappears. 15 Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE... operation mode. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02.53 (C) Copyright 1985-2004. Then, the below window appears.
... ROM BIOS 4.81 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. You have a few seconds to [RAID]. Please set the option SATA Opera tion Mode to press before the window disappears. 15 Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE... operation mode. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02.53 (C) Copyright 1985-2004. Then, the below window appears.
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... Disk Model [ ]Add 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K Optim [ ]Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup 16 Define a New Array window appears. Define a New Array - NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 - By default, RAID Mode is set it to Spanning if you want to Optimal as... the following steps, please to refer to the detail description in RAID 0. And you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - After you will see the below windows.
... Disk Model [ ]Add 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K Optim [ ]Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup 16 Define a New Array window appears. Define a New Array - NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 - By default, RAID Mode is set it to Spanning if you want to Optimal as... the following steps, please to refer to the detail description in RAID 0. And you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - After you will see the below windows.
RAID Utility for Windows Guide
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Please enter NVRAIDMAN by clicking on the desktop.) Then, the below screen appears. 1 Enter NVRAIDMAN RAID driver is also a "Mediashield" shortcut on Start Programs NVIDIA Corporation Mediashield Mediashield. (There is built in nVidia ALL in one driver provided in our support CD. After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array. RAID Utility for Windows 1.
Please enter NVRAIDMAN by clicking on the desktop.) Then, the below screen appears. 1 Enter NVRAIDMAN RAID driver is also a "Mediashield" shortcut on Start Programs NVIDIA Corporation Mediashield Mediashield. (There is built in nVidia ALL in one driver provided in our support CD. After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array. RAID Utility for Windows 1.
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2. To create a twodisk Striped Array do the following screen will appear. 2 Boot to the maximum supported number of disks in the system. Create Array and the following . 1. Creating RAID Arrays Creating RAID 0 (Striping) NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a striped array from one disk up to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application. 3. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to use are RAID enabled. 2.
2. To create a twodisk Striped Array do the following screen will appear. 2 Boot to the maximum supported number of disks in the system. Create Array and the following . 1. Creating RAID Arrays Creating RAID 0 (Striping) NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a striped array from one disk up to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application. 3. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to use are RAID enabled. 2.
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Data is written to both two drives, and if one drive fails then data can be recovered from the other drive. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application, then click on Create Array and the following . 1. Boot to use are RAID enabled. 2. To create a Mirrored Array, do the following screen will appear. 6 Creating RAID 1 (Mirroring) The NVRAIDMAN application can be used to create a Mirror Array. By definition, a mirrored array consists of two drives.
Data is written to both two drives, and if one drive fails then data can be recovered from the other drive. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application, then click on Create Array and the following . 1. Boot to use are RAID enabled. 2. To create a Mirrored Array, do the following screen will appear. 6 Creating RAID 1 (Mirroring) The NVRAIDMAN application can be used to create a Mirror Array. By definition, a mirrored array consists of two drives.
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Creating JBOD (Spanning) NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a Spanning Array which requires at least one disk to use are RAID enabled. 2. Click Next and the following : 1. To create a Spanning Array do the following screen will appear. 3. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to start such an array. Boot to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application, then click on Create Array and the following screen will appear. 10
Creating JBOD (Spanning) NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a Spanning Array which requires at least one disk to use are RAID enabled. 2. Click Next and the following : 1. To create a Spanning Array do the following screen will appear. 3. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to start such an array. Boot to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application, then click on Create Array and the following screen will appear. 10
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Then the popup menu appears. 18 After creating a mirrored array, you can rebuild the array using the following steps: 1. Go to another. All data is copied from one hard drive to another and then the data is the process of recovering data from one hard drive to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility. 2. 5. Right-click on Mirroring. Rebuilding a RAID 1 Array Rebuilding is synchronized between the two hard drives.
Then the popup menu appears. 18 After creating a mirrored array, you can rebuild the array using the following steps: 1. Go to another. All data is copied from one hard drive to another and then the data is the process of recovering data from one hard drive to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility. 2. 5. Right-click on Mirroring. Rebuilding a RAID 1 Array Rebuilding is synchronized between the two hard drives.
User Manual
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...HDDs .... 23 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 23 2.12 HDMR Card and Driver Installation 24 2.13 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM Without RAID Functions 24 2.14 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM With RAID Functions 24 2.15 Untied Overclocking ... SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 22 2.9 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 23 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo 9 1.4 Motherboard Layout 10 1.5 HD 8CH I/O 11 2 . Contents 1 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 26 3.1 Introduction 26 ...
...HDDs .... 23 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 23 2.12 HDMR Card and Driver Installation 24 2.13 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM Without RAID Functions 24 2.14 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM With RAID Functions 24 2.15 Untied Overclocking ... SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 22 2.9 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 23 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo 9 1.4 Motherboard Layout 10 1.5 HD 8CH I/O 11 2 . Contents 1 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 26 3.1 Introduction 26 ...
User Manual
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Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - Chassis Temperature Sensing - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 8) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power ...
Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - Chassis Temperature Sensing - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 8) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power ...
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... then plug it to perform over-clocking. To improve heat dissipation, remember to the SATAII connector. Power Management for details. 2. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is strongly recommended to SATAII connector directly. 8. For power-saving's sake, it is not ready yet. Since not all K8...the CPU and the heatsink when you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on page 14 for details. 3. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is detected, the system will update it back again. Before installing SATAII ...
... then plug it to perform over-clocking. To improve heat dissipation, remember to the SATAII connector. Power Management for details. 2. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is strongly recommended to SATAII connector directly. 8. For power-saving's sake, it is not ready yet. Since not all K8...the CPU and the heatsink when you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on page 14 for details. 3. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is detected, the system will update it back again. Before installing SATAII ...
User Manual
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...; VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the below table for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard, please refer to Premium Discrete requirement at http://www.asrock.com 9 Please adopt the CPU, memory, and VGA that we suggest. CPU Memory Athlon 3000...
...; VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the below table for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard, please refer to Premium Discrete requirement at http://www.asrock.com 9 Please adopt the CPU, memory, and VGA that we suggest. CPU Memory Athlon 3000...
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... chassis manual to MIC2_L. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to install your system. 2. Connect Ground (GND) to OUT2_L. Enter Advanced Settings, and then select Chipset Configuration. F. Enter Windows system. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are not sufficient, this USB 2.0 header is an interface for AC'97 audio panel. Click "Audio I /O panel are for HD audio...
... chassis manual to MIC2_L. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to install your system. 2. Connect Ground (GND) to OUT2_L. Enter Advanced Settings, and then select Chipset Configuration. F. Enter Windows system. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are not sufficient, this USB 2.0 header is an interface for AC'97 audio panel. Click "Audio I /O panel are for HD audio...
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... with RAID functions, please follow the steps below then. 1. A. C. If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . Insert the ASRock Support CD into floppy drive A: 24 During POST at the beginning of making a SP4 disk...
... with RAID functions, please follow the steps below then. 1. A. C. If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . Insert the ASRock Support CD into floppy drive A: 24 During POST at the beginning of making a SP4 disk...