RAID Installation Guide
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Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 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 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.
Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 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 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.
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... device. WARNING! 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your SATA HDDs, you will start the OS installation. Formatting the floppy diskette will see the message... on the screen, "Do you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to format the floppy diskette...
... device. WARNING! 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your SATA HDDs, you will start the OS installation. Formatting the floppy diskette will see the message... on the screen, "Do you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to format the floppy diskette...
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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. At the very beginning, you will ap p ea r. 15 Then remove the floppy diskette, and reboot the system. 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. At the very beginning, you will ap p ea r. 15 Then remove the floppy diskette, and reboot the system. 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...."
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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 press key to the OS you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. 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 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 press key to the OS you use arrow keys to move the highlight bar to make your selection according to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. 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 to install.
RAID Utility for Windows Guide
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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 VT8237 SATA controller. Just double click on the small icon to indicate that GUI software is currently running. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is started. After GUI software is installed, it will appear in the system tray of the tool bar to call out the main interface 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 VT8237 SATA controller. Just double click on the small icon to indicate that GUI software is currently running. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is started. After GUI software is installed, it will appear in the system tray of the tool bar to call out the main interface of the software. 1 RAID Software 1.
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... "Auto" button. Select a disk drive and click right arrow button to add the specific disk drive to cancel. 3 After you select "Custom", the "Available Disks" window will pop up . If you pressed the "Create" button, a warning message will list the available disk drives for array-creating. Press "Create" button to create... the selected disk drive. After adding a disk drive, user can also remove the selected disk drive from array. Click the disk drive in "Array Disks" windows, then click left arrow button to cancel it.
... "Auto" button. Select a disk drive and click right arrow button to add the specific disk drive to cancel. 3 After you select "Custom", the "Available Disks" window will pop up . If you pressed the "Create" button, a warning message will list the available disk drives for array-creating. Press "Create" button to create... the selected disk drive. After adding a disk drive, user can also remove the selected disk drive from array. Click the disk drive in "Array Disks" windows, then click left arrow button to cancel it.
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Click "Yes" to delete the specific disk array or click "No" to delete from the left window. Click "Remove Array" button , then a warning message will pop up. 2. 3. Select the disk array that you want to cancel. 6 Delete Disk Array 1.
Click "Yes" to delete the specific disk array or click "No" to delete from the left window. Click "Remove Array" button , then a warning message will pop up. 2. 3. Select the disk array that you want to cancel. 6 Delete Disk Array 1.
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... will take effect only after restarting. New setting will destroy all the disk drives work normally by clicking button. After you complete the checking, a dialog window will be compatible with ATA/ATAPI-5 specifications and support SMART commands; Check All Disks You can check if all the data on these two hard...
... will take effect only after restarting. New setting will destroy all the disk drives work normally by clicking button. After you complete the checking, a dialog window will be compatible with ATA/ATAPI-5 specifications and support SMART commands; Check All Disks You can check if all the data on these two hard...
User Manual
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Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM 9 2 . Installation 10 Pre-installation Precautions 10 2.1 CPU Installation 11 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 11 2.3 Installation of ... 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 ...
Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM 9 2 . Installation 10 Pre-installation Precautions 10 2.1 CPU Installation 11 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 11 2.3 Installation of ... 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 ...
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... AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. 2. Do NOT use a 3.3V AGP card on page 39 to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Windows system. See APPENDIX on the AGP slot of the system or damage the CPU. 7 It may not work properly under Microsoft®... BIOS Supports "Plug and Play" ACPI 2.0 Compliance Wake Up Events SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support CPU Frequency Stepless Control (only for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98/ ME. 5. ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port 1 VGA Port 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support) 6 Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports ...
... AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. 2. Do NOT use a 3.3V AGP card on page 39 to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Windows system. See APPENDIX on the AGP slot of the system or damage the CPU. 7 It may not work properly under Microsoft®... BIOS Supports "Plug and Play" ACPI 2.0 Compliance Wake Up Events SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support CPU Frequency Stepless Control (only for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98/ ME. 5. ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port 1 VGA Port 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support) 6 Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports ...
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... a SATA driver diskette and using "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration. 2.9 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, please refer to the below methods for proper...you want to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. 20 WARNING! Then you will lose ALL data in the Support CD for proper configuration. STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the...
... a SATA driver diskette and using "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration. 2.9 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, please refer to the below methods for proper...you want to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. 20 WARNING! Then you will lose ALL data in the Support CD for proper configuration. STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the...
User Manual
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... RAID functions, you can start to your floppy drive. B. Insert the floppy diskette into your floppy diskette. Copy the SATA 64-bit drivers to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your system. The SATA 64-bit drivers are allowed to [non-RAID]. After the installation ...your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY ¡÷Advanced screen ¡÷IDE Configuration. After setting up RAID functions, there is no need to install Windows XP 64bit on your system. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option from the Support CD again so that "VIA RAID Tool" will be installed ...
... RAID functions, you can start to your floppy drive. B. Insert the floppy diskette into your floppy diskette. Copy the SATA 64-bit drivers to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your system. The SATA 64-bit drivers are allowed to [non-RAID]. After the installation ...your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY ¡÷Advanced screen ¡÷IDE Configuration. After setting up RAID functions, there is no need to install Windows XP 64bit on your system. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option from the Support CD again so that "VIA RAID Tool" will be installed ...
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... turn on AC/Power Loss This allows you to set this item to repost video on STR Resume" will enable this feature under Microsoft® Windows® 98 / ME. PS/2 Keyboard Power On Use this item to select whether to boot up when the power recovers.
... turn on AC/Power Loss This allows you to set this item to repost video on STR Resume" will enable this feature under Microsoft® Windows® 98 / ME. PS/2 Keyboard Power On Use this item to select whether to boot up when the power recovers.
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...]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use a disk utility, such as MO. This is used for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; S.M.A.R.T. TYPE Use this item to automatically detect the hard disk drive. LBA/Large Mode Use this item to active. [CD/DVD]: This is used for...
...]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use a disk utility, such as MO. This is used for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; S.M.A.R.T. TYPE Use this item to automatically detect the hard disk drive. LBA/Large Mode Use this item to active. [CD/DVD]: This is used for...
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...a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you may contact your dealer for more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Refer to know more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and ... support CD, insert the CD into your OS documentation for further information. 38 Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP.
...a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you may contact your dealer for more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Refer to know more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and ... support CD, insert the CD into your OS documentation for further information. 38 Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP.
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...instruction below to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology: 1. If you are using this feature, please make sure to Classic View. (for Windows XP only) 3. Select Settings, then Control Panel. 2. From the Energy saving features of monitor group, click the "Settings..." From the... Power schemes combo list box, select Minimal Power Management. 6. From the Windows 98SE/ME operating system, click the Start button. APPENDIX: AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology For power-saving sake, it is the recommended setting...
...instruction below to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology: 1. If you are using this feature, please make sure to Classic View. (for Windows XP only) 3. Select Settings, then Control Panel. 2. From the Energy saving features of monitor group, click the "Settings..." From the... Power schemes combo list box, select Minimal Power Management. 6. From the Windows 98SE/ME operating system, click the Start button. APPENDIX: AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology For power-saving sake, it is the recommended setting...
Quick Installation Guide
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... this motherboard! Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 4. English 6 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. For power-saving sake, it is not recommended to enable AMD...'s Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. 2. To improve heat dissipation, remember to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Windows system. ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port 1 VGA Port 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support) 6 Ready-to-Use...
... this motherboard! Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 4. English 6 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. For power-saving sake, it is not recommended to enable AMD...'s Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. 2. To improve heat dissipation, remember to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Windows system. ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port 1 VGA Port 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support) 6 Ready-to-Use...
Quick Installation Guide
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...press . STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. A. During POST at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS STEP 3: Install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on your system. E. STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration, you can start to the below steps...follow the below methods for proper installation according to the different Windows OS versions. 2.8.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP with RAID functions, please refer to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 16 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English Then you see these messages, Please insert a ...
...press . STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. A. During POST at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS STEP 3: Install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on your system. E. STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration, you can start to the below steps...follow the below methods for proper installation according to the different Windows OS versions. 2.8.1 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP with RAID functions, please refer to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 16 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English Then you see these messages, Please insert a ...
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... HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. The SATA 64-bit drivers are allowed to your floppy diskette. After the installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are located at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 1. ... 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to your system as well. 17 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. Windows 98 / Windows ME does not support RAID functions. 2. If you want to use both "SATA RAID BIOS" and "VIA RAID Tool" for RAID configuration....
... HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. The SATA 64-bit drivers are allowed to your floppy diskette. After the installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are located at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 1. ... 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to your system as well. 17 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. Windows 98 / Windows ME does not support RAID functions. 2. If you want to use both "SATA RAID BIOS" and "VIA RAID Tool" for RAID configuration....
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...Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option from [RAID] to make a SATA driver diskette. 18 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English 2.9 Installing Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions... of SATA HDDs, please 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 set up BIOS...
...Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option from [RAID] to make a SATA driver diskette. 18 ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Motherboard English 2.9 Installing Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions... of SATA HDDs, please 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 set up BIOS...