RAID Installation Guide
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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 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 3 2. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1.
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 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 3 2. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1.
RAID Installation Guide
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... insert a floppy diskette into your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive. 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 format the floppy diskette and copy... SATA drivers into the floppy diskette. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press . 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette...
... insert a floppy diskette into your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive. 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 format the floppy diskette and copy... SATA drivers into the floppy diskette. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press . 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette...
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At the very beginning, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...." 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. 3. 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...." 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. 3. Installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP For the installation of the screen, "Press F6 if you will ap p ea r. 15
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When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. Please press key to follow the instructions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you to the OS you will see the different versions of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 After inserting the SATA HDD driver diskette and pressing key, you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to install. You will see the instruction as followed. Please use .
When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. Please press key to follow the instructions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you to the OS you will see the different versions of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 After inserting the SATA HDD driver diskette and pressing key, you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to install. You will see the instruction as followed. Please use .
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 RAID Software 1. An icon will automatically start every time when your Windows OS 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 indicate that GUI software is currently running. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is started. Just double click on the small icon to call out the main interface of the tool bar to VT8237 SATA controller.
After GUI software is installed, it will appear in the system tray of the software. 1 RAID Software 1. An icon will automatically start every time when your Windows OS 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 indicate that GUI software is currently running. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is started. Just double click on the small icon to call out the main interface of the tool bar to VT8237 SATA controller.
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... to cancel it. Press "Create" button to create or "Cancel" button to array. 2. Click "Auto" button. Click the disk drive in "Array Disks" windows, then click left arrow button to cancel. 3 If you pressed the "Create" button, a warning message will pop up . After adding a disk drive, user... can also remove the selected disk drive from array. The "Creating Array" window will list the available disk drives for array-creating. Click "Yes" to finish the creation of disk array, or "No" to remove the selected disk...
... to cancel it. Press "Create" button to create or "Cancel" button to array. 2. Click "Auto" button. Click the disk drive in "Array Disks" windows, then click left arrow button to cancel. 3 If you pressed the "Create" button, a warning message will pop up . After adding a disk drive, user... can also remove the selected disk drive from array. The "Creating Array" window will list the available disk drives for array-creating. Click "Yes" to finish the creation of disk array, or "No" to remove the selected disk...
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Delete Disk Array 1. Click "Remove Array" button , then a warning message will pop up. 2. 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 3.
Delete Disk Array 1. Click "Remove Array" button , then a warning message will pop up. 2. 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 3.
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... normally by clicking button. Warning: Deleting a disk array will be compatible with ATA/ATAPI-5 specifications and support SMART commands; After you complete the checking, a dialog window will pop up to show each disk's current status as following picture. A message box will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has...
... normally by clicking button. Warning: Deleting a disk array will be compatible with ATA/ATAPI-5 specifications and support SMART commands; After you complete the checking, a dialog window will pop up to show each disk's current status as following picture. A message box will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has...
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...) Hard Disks Installation 19 2.8 Hot Plug Function for SATA HDDs 19 2.9 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 20 2.9.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With RAID Functions 20 2.9.2 Installing Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions ....... 20 2.10 Installing Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 21 3 . Contents...
...) Hard Disks Installation 19 2.8 Hot Plug Function for SATA HDDs 19 2.9 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 20 2.9.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With RAID Functions 20 2.9.2 Installing Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions ....... 20 2.10 Installing Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 21 3 . Contents...
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... stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over-clocking. Power Management for advanced users' reference, see CAUTION 5) OS: Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant CAUTION! 1. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage!..., the system will automatically shutdown. For power-saving sake, it back again. It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. Although this motherboard! ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port 1 VGA Port 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support) 6...
... stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over-clocking. Power Management for advanced users' reference, see CAUTION 5) OS: Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant CAUTION! 1. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage!..., the system will automatically shutdown. For power-saving sake, it back again. It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. Although this motherboard! ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port 1 VGA Port 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support) 6...
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...proper configuration. After making a SATA driver diskette and using "SATA RAID BIOS" to install Windows XP 64-bit OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. A. Please select CDROM as the boot device. D.... E. B. The system will see the message on the screen, "Do you want to format and copy files [YN]? 2.9 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit With RAID...
...proper configuration. After making a SATA driver diskette and using "SATA RAID BIOS" to install Windows XP 64-bit OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. A. Please select CDROM as the boot device. D.... E. B. The system will see the message on the screen, "Do you want to format and copy files [YN]? 2.9 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit With RAID...
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... on your floppy diskette. After setting up BIOS, you can start to use "VIA RAID Tool" in Windows environment, please install SATA drivers from [RAID] to install Windows 98 / Windows ME on your system. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks... of SATA HDDs, please follow the below steps. If you want to [non-RAID]. Insert the floppy diskette into your system directly. Please install Windows 98 / Windows ME OS on your system. B. A. If you are located at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS and the document in the Support...
... on your floppy diskette. After setting up BIOS, you can start to use "VIA RAID Tool" in Windows environment, please install SATA drivers from [RAID] to install Windows 98 / Windows ME on your system. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks... of SATA HDDs, please follow the below steps. If you want to [non-RAID]. Insert the floppy diskette into your system directly. Please install Windows 98 / Windows ME OS on your system. B. A. If you are located at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS and the document in the Support...
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Suspend to RAM Use this feature under Microsoft® Windows® 98 / ME. If you set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss. RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to boot up ...
Suspend to RAM Use this feature under Microsoft® Windows® 98 / ME. If you set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss. RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to boot up ...
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... item to active. [CD/DVD]: This is used for IDE CD/DVD drives. [ARMD]: This is used for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; TYPE Use this feature is enabled, it will enhance hard disk performance by optimizing the hard disk timing. If this item to disable the LBA...
... item to active. [CD/DVD]: This is used for IDE CD/DVD drives. [ARMD]: This is used for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; TYPE Use this feature is enabled, it will enhance hard disk performance by optimizing the hard disk timing. If this item to disable the LBA...
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...the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP. Refer to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu .... Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in your OS documentation for more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Please install the necessary drivers to your computer. If the Main Menu did not appear automatically,...
...the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP. Refer to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu .... Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in your OS documentation for more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Please install the necessary drivers to your computer. If the Main Menu did not appear automatically,...
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... Switch to implement settings. 39 From the Energy saving features of monitor group, click the "Settings..." Click OK to Classic View. (for Windows XP only) 3. If you are using this feature, please make sure to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology: 1. From the Power schemes...select the Screen Saver tab. 4. APPENDIX: AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology For power-saving sake, it is the recommended setting. 6. From the Windows 2000/XP operating system, click the Start button. button. button. 4. From the Power Options Properties dialog box, select AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM ...
... Switch to implement settings. 39 From the Energy saving features of monitor group, click the "Settings..." Click OK to Classic View. (for Windows XP only) 3. If you are using this feature, please make sure to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology: 1. From the Power schemes...select the Screen Saver tab. 4. APPENDIX: AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology For power-saving sake, it is the recommended setting. 6. From the Windows 2000/XP operating system, click the Start button. button. button. 4. From the Power Options Properties dialog box, select AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM ...
Quick Installation Guide
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..., the system will automatically shutdown. To improve heat dissipation, remember to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. 2. English 6 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard It may cause the instability of this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to support a COM port module... SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support CPU Frequency Stepless Control (only for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98/ ME. 5. It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. Power Management for advanced users' reference, see CAUTION 5) OS...
..., the system will automatically shutdown. To improve heat dissipation, remember to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. 2. English 6 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard It may cause the instability of this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to support a COM port module... SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support CPU Frequency Stepless Control (only for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98/ ME. 5. It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. Power Management for advanced users' reference, see CAUTION 5) OS...
Quick Installation Guide
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...]?", press . WARNING! STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration, you can start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 16 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Before you start to format the floppy diskette and ... the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for proper configuration. 2.8 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP-64bit OS on your system with RAID Functions If you need...
...]?", press . WARNING! STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration, you can start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 16 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Before you start to format the floppy diskette and ... the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for proper configuration. 2.8 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP-64bit OS on your system with RAID Functions If you need...
Quick Installation Guide
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..., "Guide to install Windows XP 64-bit OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. After making a SATA driver diskette, you want to your system as well. 17 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English B. Copy ...the SATA 64-bit drivers to install Windows XP 64bit on your floppy diskette. Insert the floppy diskette into your system. Windows 98 / Windows ME does not support RAID functions. 2. If you can ...
..., "Guide to install Windows XP 64-bit OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. After making a SATA driver diskette, you want to your system as well. 17 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English B. Copy ...the SATA 64-bit drivers to install Windows XP 64bit on your floppy diskette. Insert the floppy diskette into your system. Windows 98 / Windows ME does not support RAID functions. 2. If you can ...
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...BIOS, you can start to [non-RAID]. You can start to install Windows 98 / ME on your system directly. 2.9.2 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...refer to the below methods for proper installation according to the different Windows OS versions. 2.9.1 Installing Windows 98 / ME Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 98 / ME on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions or you want to make a SATA driver diskette. 18 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English
...BIOS, you can start to [non-RAID]. You can start to install Windows 98 / ME on your system directly. 2.9.2 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...refer to the below methods for proper installation according to the different Windows OS versions. 2.9.1 Installing Windows 98 / ME Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 98 / ME on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions or you want to make a SATA driver diskette. 18 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English