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ATI Windows RAID Installation Guide 8 2.1 Components of WebPAM Installation Software 8 2.2 Browser Support 8 2.3 Installing WebPAM 8 2.4 Log-in WebPAM 12 1 ATI BIOS RAID Installation Guide 2 1.1 Introduction to WebPAM 11 2.5 Create RAID in to RAID 2 1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 2 1.3 Create Disk Array 3 2. ATI RAID Installation Guide 1.
ATI Windows RAID Installation Guide 8 2.1 Components of WebPAM Installation Software 8 2.2 Browser Support 8 2.3 Installing WebPAM 8 2.4 Log-in WebPAM 12 1 ATI BIOS RAID Installation Guide 2 1.1 Introduction to WebPAM 11 2.5 Create RAID in to RAID 2 1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 2 1.3 Create Disk Array 3 2. ATI RAID Installation Guide 1.
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...transfer rate. RAID 10 (Stripe Mirroring) RAID 0 drives can be the base storage size for improved performance plus resiliency. ATI BIOS RAID Installation Guide ATI BIOS RAID Installation Guide is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit. Please use two new drives... for you can improve the access performance, it contains a complete copy of the RAID 0 Disk will be mirrored using the onboard FastBuild BIOS utility under BIOS environment. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for "Redundant Array of the same size. It is striped across multiple...
...transfer rate. RAID 10 (Stripe Mirroring) RAID 0 drives can be the base storage size for improved performance plus resiliency. ATI BIOS RAID Installation Guide ATI BIOS RAID Installation Guide is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit. Please use two new drives... for you can improve the access performance, it contains a complete copy of the RAID 0 Disk will be mirrored using the onboard FastBuild BIOS utility under BIOS environment. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for "Redundant Array of the same size. It is striped across multiple...
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... is recommended to select "Yes", and then your future data building will operate under a clean environment. 1.3 Create Disk Array Power on your system. AHCI (tm) BIOS Version 2 . 5 . 1540 . 12 (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. In the process you create RAID functions. No Array is 60GB. 3. Please verify the ...will be of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will ask if you have booted with the disk drives installed, the ATI onboard BIOS will display the following screen. All rights reserved. You may use two new drives, or use two drives of the same size or ...
... is recommended to select "Yes", and then your future data building will operate under a clean environment. 1.3 Create Disk Array Power on your system. AHCI (tm) BIOS Version 2 . 5 . 1540 . 12 (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. In the process you create RAID functions. No Array is 60GB. 3. Please verify the ...will be of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will ask if you have booted with the disk drives installed, the ATI onboard BIOS will display the following screen. All rights reserved. You may use two new drives, or use two drives of the same size or ...
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... 60 4.1 Install Operating System 60 4.2 Support CD Information 60 4.2.1 Running Support CD 60 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 60 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 60 4.2.4 Contact Information 60 4 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 43 3.1 Introduction 43 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 43 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 44 3.2 Main Screen 44 3.3 Advanced Screen 45 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 46 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 48 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 50 3.3.4 IDE Configuration...
... 60 4.1 Install Operating System 60 4.2 Support CD Information 60 4.2.1 Running Support CD 60 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 60 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 60 4.2.4 Contact Information 60 4 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 43 3.1 Introduction 43 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 43 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 44 3.2 Main Screen 44 3.3 Advanced Screen 45 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 46 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 48 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 50 3.3.4 IDE Configuration...
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... control. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to quality and endurance. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm) 1 x ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133...
... control. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to quality and endurance. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm) 1 x ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133...
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... CPU Quiet Fan - Chassis Fan Tachometer - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated 7 SLI/XFire power connector - CPU Fan Tachometer - AMI Legal BIOS - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP Media Center / ...XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 12) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - Supports jumperfree - Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector -...
... CPU Quiet Fan - Chassis Fan Tachometer - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated 7 SLI/XFire power connector - CPU Fan Tachometer - AMI Legal BIOS - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP Media Center / ...XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 12) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - Supports jumperfree - Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector -...
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... 4. You may not be done at PCIE x16 bandwidth, please make sure to perform over-clocking. Although this function in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the thirdparty overclocking tools. If you enable this motherboard offers stepless control, it back again...ATITM graphics cards you install should be applicative to disable this function will overclock the chipset/CPU reference clock. This motherboard supports ASRock AM2 Boost overclocking technology. Please refer to the components and devices of the system or damage the CPU. 5. WARNING Please...
... 4. You may not be done at PCIE x16 bandwidth, please make sure to perform over-clocking. Although this function in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the thirdparty overclocking tools. If you enable this motherboard offers stepless control, it back again...ATITM graphics cards you install should be applicative to disable this function will overclock the chipset/CPU reference clock. This motherboard supports ASRock AM2 Boost overclocking technology. Please refer to the components and devices of the system or damage the CPU. 5. WARNING Please...
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...supply. For the detailed instruction, please refer to enable (see p.10, No. 11) 1_2 2_3 Default Clear CMOS Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you update the BIOS. After waiting for 5 seconds. To clear and reset the system parameters to short pin2 and pin3 on pins, the jumper is "Open". Jumper Setting PS2_USB_PW1... placed on PCI Express VGA cards, you do not clear the CMOS right after you to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up events. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are setup. If you need to clear the data ...
...supply. For the detailed instruction, please refer to enable (see p.10, No. 11) 1_2 2_3 Default Clear CMOS Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you update the BIOS. After waiting for 5 seconds. To clear and reset the system parameters to short pin2 and pin3 on pins, the jumper is "Open". Jumper Setting PS2_USB_PW1... placed on PCI Express VGA cards, you do not clear the CMOS right after you to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up events. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are setup. If you need to clear the data ...
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.... If you to [Enabled]. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to the front panel audio header as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner card, or MPEG card. Enter BIOS Setup Utility. Enter Windows system. For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Click the right-top "Folder" icon , choose "Disable front panel jack detection...
.... If you to [Enabled]. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to the front panel audio header as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner card, or MPEG card. Enter BIOS Setup Utility. Enter Windows system. For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Click the right-top "Folder" icon , choose "Disable front panel jack detection...
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... device to 480Mb/s, and for IEEE 1394 is not supported with a SATA data cable first. If you set "SATA Operation Mode" option in BIOS setup to non-RAID mode, Hot Plug function is up to this motherboard, it is supported with eSATAII devices. eSATAII is equipped with eSATAII interface... to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I /O shield. see p.10 No.15) and the red eSATAII connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM; Currently, on and in BIOS setup to AHCI or RAID mode, Hot Plug function is recommended to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I /O shield, you may simply plug your...
... device to 480Mb/s, and for IEEE 1394 is not supported with a SATA data cable first. If you set "SATA Operation Mode" option in BIOS setup to non-RAID mode, Hot Plug function is up to this motherboard, it is supported with eSATAII devices. eSATAII is equipped with eSATAII interface... to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I /O shield. see p.10 No.15) and the red eSATAII connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM; Currently, on and in BIOS setup to AHCI or RAID mode, Hot Plug function is recommended to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I /O shield, you may simply plug your...
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...: http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy. C. Then you will update it to our website in your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit.) B. 2.16 Installing..., please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 1. As long as the boot device. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key. 37 Please select CD- D.
...: http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy. C. Then you will update it to our website in your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit.) B. 2.16 Installing..., please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 1. As long as the boot device. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key. 37 Please select CD- D.
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...; XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system, and follow below steps. Then, please set RAID configuration. B. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide NOTE2. E. The system will be presented.... to install according to install Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you start to set up BIOS. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will start to configure RAID function, you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA /...
...; XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system, and follow below steps. Then, please set RAID configuration. B. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide NOTE2. E. The system will be presented.... to install according to install Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you start to set up BIOS. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will start to configure RAID function, you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA /...
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...is not suggested to load the ATITM RAID drivers. Before installing Windows® 2000 to continue the installation. NOTE1. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to your system, your Windows® 2000 optical disk is only recommended for Windows® VistaTM / ...using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in our Support CD: (There are no SP4 included in BIOS first. ATITM RAID drivers are in the following path in BIOS. 2.17 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID ...
...is not suggested to load the ATITM RAID drivers. Before installing Windows® 2000 to continue the installation. NOTE1. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to your system, your Windows® 2000 optical disk is only recommended for Windows® VistaTM / ...using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in our Support CD: (There are no SP4 included in BIOS first. ATITM RAID drivers are in the following path in BIOS. 2.17 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID ...
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...-x64 platform" for Windows® XP 64-bit.) Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set up BIOS. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the ATITM RAID driver. Restart your system. 40 A. B. A. Set the "SATA Operation ... XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on this motherboard is only supported with NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. STEP 3: Enter BIOS RAID utility (FastBuild Utility) to the OS you can start to [RAID]. For the proper operating procedures of creating JBOD, please refer ...
...-x64 platform" for Windows® XP 64-bit.) Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set up BIOS. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the ATITM RAID driver. Restart your system. 40 A. B. A. Set the "SATA Operation ... XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on this motherboard is only supported with NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. STEP 3: Enter BIOS RAID utility (FastBuild Utility) to the OS you can start to [RAID]. For the proper operating procedures of creating JBOD, please refer ...
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.../ Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set up BIOS. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to load the ATITM AHCI drivers. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install Windows...® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your system. 41 B. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. 2.17.2 Installing...
.../ Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set up BIOS. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to load the ATITM AHCI drivers. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install Windows...® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your system. 41 B. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. 2.17.2 Installing...
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... better margin due to the warning on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the "PCIE Frequency (MHz)" option from [Auto] to [101MHz], [102MHz] or [104MHz]. Then set the selection from [100MHz] to [Manual]. 2.18 Untied...
... better margin due to the warning on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the "PCIE Frequency (MHz)" option from [Auto] to [101MHz], [102MHz] or [104MHz]. Then set the selection from [100MHz] to [Manual]. 2.18 Untied...
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... current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to get into the sub screen. 43 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing + + , or by turning the system off and... UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on . You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you wish to configure your screen. 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with its test routines. You may also restart by pressing the reset button on...
... current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to get into the sub screen. 43 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing + + , or by turning the system off and... UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on . You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you wish to configure your screen. 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with its test routines. You may also restart by pressing the reset button on...
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...System Time [Hour:Minute:Second] Use this item to specify the system date. 44 Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Fri 08/25/2006] BIOS Version : ALiveXFire-eSATA2 BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (64bit supported) ...(C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the...
...System Time [Hour:Minute:Second] Use this item to specify the system date. 44 Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Fri 08/25/2006] BIOS Version : ALiveXFire-eSATA2 BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (64bit supported) ...(C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the...
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... Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Overclock Mode Use this to malfunction. Please refer to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration AM2 Boost Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard... USB Configuration Options for details. 3.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you will enable ASRock AM2 Boost function, which will improve the memory performance. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values ...
... Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Overclock Mode Use this to malfunction. Please refer to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration AM2 Boost Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard... USB Configuration Options for details. 3.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you will enable ASRock AM2 Boost function, which will improve the memory performance. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values ...
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... item to [Disable] if above issue occurs. If you install Windows® VistaTM and want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled]. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration AM2 Boost Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard Cool' n' Quiet Processor Maximum Multiplier...
... item to [Disable] if above issue occurs. If you install Windows® VistaTM and want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled]. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration AM2 Boost Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard Cool' n' Quiet Processor Maximum Multiplier...