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... With RAID Functions 5 1.3.1 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 5 1.3.2 Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 1.4 Create Disk Array 8 2. NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 11 2.1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Users 11 2.2 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Users...
... With RAID Functions 5 1.3.1 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 5 1.3.2 Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 1.4 Create Disk Array 8 2. NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 11 2.1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Users 11 2.2 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Users...
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... VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . B. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key. B. STEP 3:... the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into floppy drive A: press any key to include SP4. htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay 1.3.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you will start Please insert a floppy diskette into your SATA ...
... VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . B. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key. B. STEP 3:... the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into floppy drive A: press any key to include SP4. htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay 1.3.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you will start Please insert a floppy diskette into your SATA ...
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... "SATA Operation Mode" option to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into your system, and follow below steps. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to ...boot your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and...
... "SATA Operation Mode" option to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into your system, and follow below steps. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to ...boot your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and...
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Then, please set up "SATA Operation Mode" to continue the installation. NOTE. After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to [RAID] in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 7 If you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still need to set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in BIOS first.
Then, please set up "SATA Operation Mode" to continue the installation. NOTE. After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to [RAID] in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 7 If you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still need to set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in BIOS first.
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...on your computer, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to create RAID 0. After adjusting the system BIOS to press before the window disappears. By default, RAID Mode is set it to Striping if you to create RAID 0 (Striping). The RAID prompt appears as default. ... you plan to use NVRAID RAID Utility to press . After rebooting your system. You have a few seconds to RAID mode, the below window appears. Define a New Array window appears. And the Striping Block is set to Mirroring, but please set to Optimal as a part of creating RAID 0. 8 After you ...
...on your computer, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to create RAID 0. After adjusting the system BIOS to press before the window disappears. By default, RAID Mode is set it to Striping if you to create RAID 0 (Striping). The RAID prompt appears as default. ... you plan to use NVRAID RAID Utility to press . After rebooting your system. You have a few seconds to RAID mode, the below window appears. Define a New Array window appears. And the Striping Block is set to Mirroring, but please set to Optimal as a part of creating RAID 0. 8 After you ...
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In a typical system there is usually one or more channels. Healthy NVIDIA STRIPING 74.53G 10 M 1: Channel - M Channel 1, controller 1, Master Finally, the Array List window appears, where you can have set up. M Channel 1, controller 0, Master 1 . 1 . Typically, channel 0 is used for Serial ATA drives. 0: Controller M: M means Master, S means Slave Serial ATA 1 . 0 . ...
In a typical system there is usually one or more channels. Healthy NVIDIA STRIPING 74.53G 10 M 1: Channel - M Channel 1, controller 1, Master Finally, the Array List window appears, where you can have set up. M Channel 1, controller 0, Master 1 . 1 . Typically, channel 0 is used for Serial ATA drives. 0: Controller M: M means Master, S means Slave Serial ATA 1 . 0 . ...
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...a "Mediashield" shortcut on Start → Programs → NVIDIA Corporation → Mediashield → Mediashield. (There is an instruction for Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Users A. Please enter NVRAIDMAN by clicking on the desktop.) Then, below screen appears. 11 Please ...CD. After you finish the driver installation, you install. 2.1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for you to configure RAID functions by using NVIDIAMAN under Windows environment. For Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit and Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit, there are different installation procedures. 2. ...
...a "Mediashield" shortcut on Start → Programs → NVIDIA Corporation → Mediashield → Mediashield. (There is an instruction for Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Users A. Please enter NVRAIDMAN by clicking on the desktop.) Then, below screen appears. 11 Please ...CD. After you finish the driver installation, you install. 2.1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for you to configure RAID functions by using NVIDIAMAN under Windows environment. For Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit and Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit, there are different installation procedures. 2. ...
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... use NVRAIDMAN to the steps of using NVRAIDMAN for example to show you want to use NVRAIDMAN to the RAID functions your motherboard according to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application. Boot to the SATA / SATAII HDDs amount you install. If your motherboard is equipped with four SATA / SATAII ports, you...
... use NVRAIDMAN to the steps of using NVRAIDMAN for example to show you want to use NVRAIDMAN to the RAID functions your motherboard according to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application. Boot to the SATA / SATAII HDDs amount you install. If your motherboard is equipped with four SATA / SATAII ports, you...
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... Mirroring. Go to fault tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, RAID 0+1, as well as a RAID 5. C. Right-click on the newly added drive. C. B. This applies only to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility. A similar process can rebuild the array using the following steps: A. B. Then the popup menu appears. The NVIDIA Rebuild...
... Mirroring. Go to fault tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, RAID 0+1, as well as a RAID 5. C. Right-click on the newly added drive. C. B. This applies only to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility. A similar process can rebuild the array using the following steps: A. B. Then the popup menu appears. The NVIDIA Rebuild...
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Enter Storage RAID driver is built in NVIDIA ALL in one driver provided in a short period of time. 2.2 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Users A. NVRAIDMAN window indicates that the array is also a "Storage" shortcut on Start → Programs → NVIDIA Corporation → Storage. (There is synchronizing. Please enter...
Enter Storage RAID driver is built in NVIDIA ALL in one driver provided in a short period of time. 2.2 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Users A. NVRAIDMAN window indicates that the array is also a "Storage" shortcut on Start → Programs → NVIDIA Corporation → Storage. (There is synchronizing. Please enter...
User Manual
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...SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ....... 24 2.12 Driver Installation Guide 26 2.13 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 26 2.14 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions ...26 2.14.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 26 2.14.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions...
...SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ....... 24 2.12 Driver Installation Guide 26 2.13 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 26 2.14 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions ...26 2.14.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 26 2.14.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions...
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... USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 6) - 5.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (VIA® VT1708S / VT1705 Audio Codec) - shared memory 256MB (see CAUTION 3) - 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Supports Hyper... PhenomTM II X4 / X3 and Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 processors - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology - N68-GS Realtek Giga PHY RTL8211CL, speed 10/100/1000 Mb/s - N68-S Realtek PHY RTL8201EL / 8201CL, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in / Front Speaker...
... USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 6) - 5.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (VIA® VT1708S / VT1705 Audio Codec) - shared memory 256MB (see CAUTION 3) - 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Supports Hyper... PhenomTM II X4 / X3 and Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 processors - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology - N68-GS Realtek Giga PHY RTL8211CL, speed 10/100/1000 Mb/s - N68-S Realtek PHY RTL8201EL / 8201CL, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in / Front Speaker...
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...connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports Smart BIOS Support CD - Instant Boot - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 7) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x Print port header - CPU... Hybrid Booster: - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant Certifications - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 12) - AMI Legal BIOS - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU Quiet Fan ...
...connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports Smart BIOS Support CD - Instant Boot - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 7) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x Print port header - CPU... Hybrid Booster: - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant Certifications - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 12) - AMI Legal BIOS - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU Quiet Fan ...
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..."Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 28 for the latest information. 7. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 8 This motherboard supports CPU up to SATAII connector directly. 8. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64bit with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS... memory modules on our website for proper installation. 4. Please check NVIDIA® website for details. 3. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 5. Power Management for system usage under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4....
..."Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 28 for the latest information. 7. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 8 This motherboard supports CPU up to SATAII connector directly. 8. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64bit with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS... memory modules on our website for proper installation. 4. Please check NVIDIA® website for details. 3. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 5. Power Management for system usage under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4....
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...provide exceptional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing computing performance. The voltage regulator can update your system. 9 ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 11. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to 12.5%, but the effect still depends on the motherboard ...function is a BIOS flash utility embedded in a few clicks without entering operating systems first like MS-DOS or Windows®. Please be applicative to access ASRock Instant Flash. Although this function for all CPU/DRAM configurations. If you resume the system, please check if...
...provide exceptional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing computing performance. The voltage regulator can update your system. 9 ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 11. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to 12.5%, but the effect still depends on the motherboard ...function is a BIOS flash utility embedded in a few clicks without entering operating systems first like MS-DOS or Windows®. Please be applicative to access ASRock Instant Flash. Although this function for all CPU/DRAM configurations. If you resume the system, please check if...
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...to save your change . Please follow below for the LAN port LED indications. For Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS: Please click "VIA HD Audio Deck" icon , and click "Speaker". For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Please click "VIA HD Audio Deck" icon...Speaker (Lime) * 5 Microphone (Pink) 7 6 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 8 VGA Port 9 COM Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * For N68-GS motherboard, please refer to the table below instructions according to the OS you are allowed to select "2 Channel" or "4 Channel". LAN Port LED Indications...
...to save your change . Please follow below for the LAN port LED indications. For Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS: Please click "VIA HD Audio Deck" icon , and click "Speaker". For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Please click "VIA HD Audio Deck" icon...Speaker (Lime) * 5 Microphone (Pink) 7 6 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 8 VGA Port 9 COM Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * For N68-GS motherboard, please refer to the table below instructions according to the OS you are allowed to select "2 Channel" or "4 Channel". LAN Port LED Indications...
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... according to display a large number on PCI Express VGA card. 3. Click the "Identify" button to the steps below . Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this motherboard. Set the "Screen Resolution" and "Color Quality" as Secondary. Please refer to apply these new values. For...tab so that the value you can adjust the parameters of Multi Monitor feature. Right-click the display icon and select "Attached", if necessary. For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose "Personalize", and select the "Display Settings" tab so that you use ...
... according to display a large number on PCI Express VGA card. 3. Click the "Identify" button to the steps below . Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this motherboard. Set the "Screen Resolution" and "Color Quality" as Secondary. Please refer to apply these new values. For...tab so that the value you can adjust the parameters of Multi Monitor feature. Right-click the display icon and select "Attached", if necessary. For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose "Personalize", and select the "Display Settings" tab so that you use ...
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... HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on the support CD driver page. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you...with RAID functions, please follow the order from up to bottom side to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in your disk, please visit the below website for Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit.) 26 2.12 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your...
... HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on the support CD driver page. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you...with RAID functions, please follow the order from up to bottom side to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in your disk, please visit the below website for Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit.) 26 2.12 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your...
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...NVIDIA® RAID driver. Then, please set RAID configuration. D. B. Select the driver to install according to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on IDE HDDs and want to install a third-party RAID driver. Before you start...you see these messages, Please insert a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A: press any key. When you install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on your system. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. After reading the floppy...
...NVIDIA® RAID driver. Then, please set RAID configuration. D. B. Select the driver to install according to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on IDE HDDs and want to install a third-party RAID driver. Before you start...you see these messages, Please insert a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A: press any key. When you install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on your system. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. After reading the floppy...
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... VistaTM 64-bit.) .. \ I386 \ Vista (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64 \ Vista64 (For Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS) After that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. NOTE. Enter BIOS SETUP... . 1 5 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are two ASRock Support CD in BIOS first. A. Please refer to the warning on your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the...
... VistaTM 64-bit.) .. \ I386 \ Vista (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64 \ Vista64 (For Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS) After that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. NOTE. Enter BIOS SETUP... . 1 5 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are two ASRock Support CD in BIOS first. A. Please refer to the warning on your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the...