RAID Installation Guide
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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. 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 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. 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
RAID Installation Guide
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... adopts VIA VT8237 southbridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATA connector. Guide to install the SATA hard disks. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk. 2 STEP 3: Connect one end of your chassis...
... adopts VIA VT8237 southbridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATA connector. Guide to install the SATA hard disks. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk. 2 STEP 3: Connect one end of your chassis...
RAID Installation Guide
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... configuration on your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into your optical drive to boot your system, or you may start to use "VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS" to VIA RAID Tool", which is located in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for.... Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to set the RAID configuration by using "VIA RAID Tool" in it! STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive at this moment!) STEP 2: During POST at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 3 STEP 5: The system will lose ALL...
... configuration on your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into your optical drive to boot your system, or you may start to use "VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS" to VIA RAID Tool", which is located in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for.... Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to set the RAID configuration by using "VIA RAID Tool" in it! STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive at this moment!) STEP 2: During POST at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 3 STEP 5: The system will lose ALL...
RAID Installation Guide
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... the basic knowledge of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD function with two independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit. 2.
... the basic knowledge of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD function with two independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit. 2.
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Please use two SATA drives of the same size. It is recommended to use two new drives if you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set up ...
Please use two SATA drives of the same size. It is recommended to use two new drives if you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set up ...
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Create JBOD The data on disk drives will be destroyed if user uses "Auto Setup" to select disk drives The data on the first disk drive of a JBOD array if you use "Select Disk Drives" to create a JBOD. Expand Span (JBOD) Array function is not available if VT8237 only supports 2 SATA ports. 12 However, you can reserve the data on the first disk drive will be reserved and the other disk drives in JBOD will be expanded behind the first disk drive and become free space.
Create JBOD The data on disk drives will be destroyed if user uses "Auto Setup" to select disk drives The data on the first disk drive of a JBOD array if you use "Select Disk Drives" to create a JBOD. Expand Span (JBOD) Array function is not available if VT8237 only supports 2 SATA ports. 12 However, you can reserve the data on the first disk drive will be reserved and the other disk drives in JBOD will be expanded behind the first disk drive and become free space.
RAID Installation Guide
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Please press key to follow the instructions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you to the OS you will see the instruction as followed. When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 You will see the different versions of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. 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. Please use .
Please press key to follow the instructions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP for you to the OS you will see the instruction as followed. When the installation of the SATA HDD drivers for the proper installation. 16 You will see the different versions of the SATA HDD drivers is complete, please continue to install the SATA driver diskette that you previously made. 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. Please use .
RAID Utility for Windows Guide
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Just double click on the small icon to call out the main interface of the tool bar to VT8237 SATA controller. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is started. After GUI software is installed, it will appear in the system tray of the 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. RAID Software 1.
Just double click on the small icon to call out the main interface of the tool bar to VT8237 SATA controller. Getting Start The "RAID Software" is started. After GUI software is installed, it will appear in the system tray of the 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. RAID Software 1.
User Manual
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... Slots (PCI and AGP Slots 14 2.5 Jumpers Setup 15 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 16 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 19 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs ....... 19 2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 20 3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 21 3.1 Introduction 21 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 21 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 22 ...Screen 32 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 33 3.5.2 Boot Device Priority 33 3.6 Security Screen 34 3.7 Exit Screen 35 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O Plus 9 TM 2. Contents 1.
... Slots (PCI and AGP Slots 14 2.5 Jumpers Setup 15 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 16 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 19 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs ....... 19 2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 20 3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 21 3.1 Introduction 21 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 21 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 22 ...Screen 32 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 33 3.5.2 Boot Device Priority 33 3.6 Security Screen 34 3.7 Exit Screen 35 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O Plus 9 TM 2. Contents 1.
User Manual
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....5 cm x 21.8 cm) ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Quick Installation Guide ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for purchasing ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. 1. Introduction Thank you for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive One Serial ATA (SATA) Cable One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable...
....5 cm x 21.8 cm) ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Quick Installation Guide ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for purchasing ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. 1. Introduction Thank you for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive One Serial ATA (SATA) Cable One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable...
User Manual
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..., FSB @ 800/533/400 MHz, with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ready (see CAUTION 1) South Bridge: VIA VT8237, supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s Memory: 4 DDR DIMM Slots: DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, and DDR4 2 DDR DIMM Slots Supports PC3200 (DDR400), Max. 2GB, 4 DDR DIMM Slots...: 802.3u (10/100 Ethernet), supports Wake-On-LAN Hardware Monitor: CPU temperature sensing Chassis temperature sensing CPU overheat shutdown to protect CPU life (ASRock U-COP)(see CAUTION 3) CPU fan tachometer Chassis fan tachometer Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3V, Vcore PCI slots: 5 slots with PCI...
..., FSB @ 800/533/400 MHz, with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ready (see CAUTION 1) South Bridge: VIA VT8237, supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s Memory: 4 DDR DIMM Slots: DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, and DDR4 2 DDR DIMM Slots Supports PC3200 (DDR400), Max. 2GB, 4 DDR DIMM Slots...: 802.3u (10/100 Ethernet), supports Wake-On-LAN Hardware Monitor: CPU temperature sensing Chassis temperature sensing CPU overheat shutdown to protect CPU life (ASRock U-COP)(see CAUTION 3) CPU fan tachometer Chassis fan tachometer Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3V, Vcore PCI slots: 5 slots with PCI...
User Manual
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... AUDIO1 JL1 Audio CODEC LAN PHY VPIACT8h8ip0seAtGP 8X 1.5V_AGP1 PCI 1 IDE1 SATA2 Super I/O 2MB BIOS GAME1 PCI 2 USB2.0 FSB800 DDR400 PCI 3 5.1 CH PCI 4 ATA133 SATA PCI 5 1 IR1 P4V88+ VIA VT8237 CMOS Battery CLRCMOS1 FLOPPY1 SATA1 USB67 1 CHA_FAN1 SPEAKER1 1 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN 1 HDLED RESET 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 21...
... AUDIO1 JL1 Audio CODEC LAN PHY VPIACT8h8ip0seAtGP 8X 1.5V_AGP1 PCI 1 IDE1 SATA2 Super I/O 2MB BIOS GAME1 PCI 2 USB2.0 FSB800 DDR400 PCI 3 5.1 CH PCI 4 ATA133 SATA PCI 5 1 IR1 P4V88+ VIA VT8237 CMOS Battery CLRCMOS1 FLOPPY1 SATA1 USB67 1 CHA_FAN1 SPEAKER1 1 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN 1 HDLED RESET 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 21...
User Manual
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... No. 9) (39-pin IDE2, see p.8, No. 8) PIN1 IDE1 PIN1 IDE2 connect the blue end to the motherboard connect the black end to the SATA hard disk or the SATA connector on this motherboard, please set the IDE device as "Master". Serial ATA Connectors (SATA1: see p.8, No. 13) (SATA2: see p.8, No. 16... of the connector. FDD Connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.8, No. 12) SATA2 SATA1 These two Serial ATA (SATA) connectors support SATA data cables for the details. The current SATA interface allows up to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of...
... No. 9) (39-pin IDE2, see p.8, No. 8) PIN1 IDE1 PIN1 IDE2 connect the blue end to the motherboard connect the black end to the SATA hard disk or the SATA connector on this motherboard, please set the IDE device as "Master". Serial ATA Connectors (SATA1: see p.8, No. 13) (SATA2: see p.8, No. 16... of the connector. FDD Connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.8, No. 12) SATA2 SATA1 These two Serial ATA (SATA) connectors support SATA data cables for the details. The current SATA interface allows up to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of...
User Manual
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... 30) 1 USB_PWR P-4 P+4 GND USB_PWR P-5 P+5 GND DUMMY Infrared Module Header (5-pin IR1) (see p.8, No. 20) USB_PWR P-7 P+7 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+6 P-6 USB_PWR ASRock I /O PlusTM. This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. L GND A U D - O U T- When using the front panel USB ports by attaching the ...2 extra USB 2.0 ports. R MIC-POWER MIC This is shared with the USB 2.0 ports 4,5 on ASRock I /O PlusTM provides you to the power connector of SATA power cable to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner...
... 30) 1 USB_PWR P-4 P+4 GND USB_PWR P-5 P+5 GND DUMMY Infrared Module Header (5-pin IR1) (see p.8, No. 20) USB_PWR P-7 P+7 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+6 P-6 USB_PWR ASRock I /O PlusTM. This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. L GND A U D - O U T- When using the front panel USB ports by attaching the ...2 extra USB 2.0 ports. R MIC-POWER MIC This is shared with the USB 2.0 ports 4,5 on ASRock I /O PlusTM provides you to the power connector of SATA power cable to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner...
User Manual
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... your chassis. What is Hot Plug Function? If SATA HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is still power-on this motherboard for SATA Devices. STEP 1: Install the SATA hard disks into the SATA HDD. 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts VIA VT8237 southbridge... please note that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks and RAID functions. You may install SATA hard disks on and in working condition. This section will guide you to the SATA hard disk. 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs P4V88/P4V88+ motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot ...
... your chassis. What is Hot Plug Function? If SATA HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is still power-on this motherboard for SATA Devices. STEP 1: Install the SATA hard disks into the SATA HDD. 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts VIA VT8237 southbridge... please note that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks and RAID functions. You may install SATA hard disks on and in working condition. This section will guide you to the SATA hard disk. 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs P4V88/P4V88+ motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot ...
User Manual
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... install the OS. Start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your optical drive to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a ...Guide to VIA RAID Tool", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 20 STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your SATA HDDs, you will lose ALL data in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. STEP 3: When you see these messages, Please insert...
... install the OS. Start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your optical drive to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a ...Guide to VIA RAID Tool", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 20 STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your SATA HDDs, you will lose ALL data in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. STEP 3: When you see these messages, Please insert...
Quick Installation Guide
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...of the motherboard and step-bystep installation guide. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm) ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Quick Installation Guide ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/... be found in the user manual presented in Floppy Drive One Serial ATA (SATA) Cable One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable(Optional) One ASRock I/O PlusTM Shield 4 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard English Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be subject ...
...of the motherboard and step-bystep installation guide. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm) ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Quick Installation Guide ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/... be found in the user manual presented in Floppy Drive One Serial ATA (SATA) Cable One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable(Optional) One ASRock I/O PlusTM Shield 4 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard English Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be subject ...
Quick Installation Guide
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...400 MHz, with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ready (see CAUTION 1) South Bridge: VIA VT8237, supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s Memory: 4 DDR DIMM slots: DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, and DDR4 2 DDR DIMM Slots Support PC3200 (DDR400), Max. .../ Ultra DMA Mode 6 IDE2: ATA 133 / Ultra DMA Mode 6 Support up to 4 IDE devices Serial ATA: 2 SATA connectors, support up to 1.5Gb/s data transfer rate Floppy Port: Supports up to 2 floppy disk drives Audio: 5.1 channels ..., plus one on-board header supporting 2 extra USB 2.0 ports (see CAUTION 5) English 5 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard
...400 MHz, with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ready (see CAUTION 1) South Bridge: VIA VT8237, supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s Memory: 4 DDR DIMM slots: DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, and DDR4 2 DDR DIMM Slots Support PC3200 (DDR400), Max. .../ Ultra DMA Mode 6 IDE2: ATA 133 / Ultra DMA Mode 6 Support up to 4 IDE devices Serial ATA: 2 SATA connectors, support up to 1.5Gb/s data transfer rate Floppy Port: Supports up to 2 floppy disk drives Audio: 5.1 channels ..., plus one on-board header supporting 2 extra USB 2.0 ports (see CAUTION 5) English 5 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard
Quick Installation Guide
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... see p.2 No. 16) the red-striped side to 1.5 Gb/s data transfer rate. Placing jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable Either end of your IDE device vendor for internal storage devices. FDD Connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.2 No. 12) SATA2 SATA1... These two Serial ATA (SATA) connectors support SATA data cables for the details. The current SATA interface allows up to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the motherboard! English 12 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard 2.5 Onboard Headers and ...
... see p.2 No. 16) the red-striped side to 1.5 Gb/s data transfer rate. Placing jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable Either end of your IDE device vendor for internal storage devices. FDD Connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.2 No. 12) SATA2 SATA1... These two Serial ATA (SATA) connectors support SATA data cables for the details. The current SATA interface allows up to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the motherboard! English 12 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard 2.5 Onboard Headers and ...
Quick Installation Guide
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...sufficient, this connector (USB4_5), the USB ports 4,5 on ASRock I /O PlusTM provides you to the power connector on ASRock I/O PlusTM. This is an interface for the front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of SATA power cable to receive stereo audio input from sound sources... such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner card, or MPEG card. Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to support 2 extra USB 2.0 ports. English 13 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard USB 2.0 Header (9-pin USB67) (see p.2 No. 30) This USB4_5 connector is available to the power ...
...sufficient, this connector (USB4_5), the USB ports 4,5 on ASRock I /O PlusTM provides you to the power connector on ASRock I/O PlusTM. This is an interface for the front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of SATA power cable to receive stereo audio input from sound sources... such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner card, or MPEG card. Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to support 2 extra USB 2.0 ports. English 13 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard USB 2.0 Header (9-pin USB67) (see p.2 No. 30) This USB4_5 connector is available to the power ...