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... Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 49 2.20.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 49 2.20.2 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System 50 2.20.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 51 2.20.4 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With...
... Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 49 2.20.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 49 2.20.2 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System 50 2.20.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 51 2.20.4 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With...
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... Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 53 2.21.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 53 2.21.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 54 2.22 Untied Overclocking Technology 54 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 55 3.1 Introduction 55...
... Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 53 2.21.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 53 2.21.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 54 2.22 Untied Overclocking Technology 54 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 55 3.1 Introduction 55...
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... Debug (7-Segment Debug LED) 7 CD in /Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 5) - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9128, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by NEC UPD720200, supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb...with eSATA3 port) - 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by NEC UPD720200, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 6 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2...
... Debug (7-Segment Debug LED) 7 CD in /Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 5) - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9128, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by NEC UPD720200, supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb...with eSATA3 port) - 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by NEC UPD720200, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 6 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2...
User Manual
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... (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® ICH10R south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD) functions for internal storage devices. STEP 3: Connect one end of your chassis. This section will guide you to...Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Marvell SE9128 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage) functions. This section will guide you to the SATA3 hard disk. 45 STEP 4: Connect the other...
... (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® ICH10R south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD) functions for internal storage devices. STEP 3: Connect one end of your chassis. This section will guide you to...Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Marvell SE9128 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage) functions. This section will guide you to the SATA3 hard disk. 45 STEP 4: Connect the other...
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...Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. It also supports Hot Plug function for SATA / SATAII in RAID / AHCI mode. 2.16 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA3_3, SATA3_4... Hot Swap Function? If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are built as RAID1 then it is still power-on and in RAID / AHCI mode. If SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called "Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs while the ...
...Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. It also supports Hot Plug function for SATA / SATAII in RAID / AHCI mode. 2.16 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA3_3, SATA3_4... Hot Swap Function? If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are built as RAID1 then it is still power-on and in RAID / AHCI mode. If SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called "Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs while the ...
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...SATA data cable (Red) B. Below operation procedure is designed only for SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be supported by step to support Hot Plug and ... SATA 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. Make sure your dealer or HDD user manual. Please follow below operation guide of HDD crash or data loss. 47 ...
...SATA data cable (Red) B. Below operation procedure is designed only for SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be supported by step to support Hot Plug and ... SATA 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. Make sure your dealer or HDD user manual. Please follow below operation guide of HDD crash or data loss. 47 ...
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...proper configuration. B. Then you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into your optical drive to boot your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the order from up BIOS. B. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. When you will lose ALL ...data in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to format and copy files [YN]? Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on the support...
...proper configuration. B. Then you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into your optical drive to boot your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the order from up BIOS. B. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. When you will lose ALL ...data in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to format and copy files [YN]? Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on the support...
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...64bit OS, if you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system as well. 2.20.2 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System You can also set RAID configuration, you install. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you can be installed to... RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following steps outline how to install a third-party RAID driver. After the installation of Windows setup, press F6 to use "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" in the folder...
...64bit OS, if you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system as well. 2.20.2 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System You can also set RAID configuration, you install. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you can be installed to... RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following steps outline how to install a third-party RAID driver. After the installation of Windows setup, press F6 to use "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" in the folder...
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...hard drive. 1. Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select "Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive" from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not ... it from the Internet. Note the serial number of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5. 2.20.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you can use this , you can be used . This will use the...
...hard drive. 1. Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select "Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive" from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not ... it from the Internet. Note the serial number of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5. 2.20.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you can use this , you can be used . This will use the...
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... in the option "Configure SATAII as well. 52 A. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set the option to [RAID]. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the Support CD for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to... Matrix Storage Manager Information" for proper configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information If you want to install Windows...
... in the option "Configure SATAII as well. 52 A. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set the option to [RAID]. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the Support CD for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to... Matrix Storage Manager Information" for proper configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information If you want to install Windows...
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... After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you can start to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel® AHCI driver. Windows XP)" for Windows® ... following section 2.20.1 step 2 on page 49. 2.21 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs ...
... After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you can start to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel® AHCI driver. Windows XP)" for Windows® ... following section 2.20.1 step 2 on page 49. 2.21 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs ...
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... 1: Set up BIOS. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. B. 2.21.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 2.22 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports... Overclocking Technology. 54 Therefore, CPU FSB is untied during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. A. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
... 1: Set up BIOS. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. B. 2.21.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 2.22 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports... Overclocking Technology. 54 Therefore, CPU FSB is untied during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. A. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
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...Advanced Storage Configuration SATAII Configuration [Enhanced] Configure SATAII as ", you install legacy OS. Then in the option "Configure SATAII as [IDE] SATA3_1 and SATA3_2 RAID Mode Setup SATA3_1, 2 Operation Mode [IDE] SATA3_3, 4 Operation Mode [IDE] SATA3_5, 6 Operation Mode [IDE] Compatible Mode [Auto] SATAII 1 SATAII... value is installed, please select [Enhanced]. If native OS (Windows® XP / VistaTM / 7) is [IDE]. If you select [RAID] or [AHCI] mode, the options "Hot Plug" and "SATA Link Power Management" will improve SATA disk performance but IDE mode does ...
...Advanced Storage Configuration SATAII Configuration [Enhanced] Configure SATAII as ", you install legacy OS. Then in the option "Configure SATAII as [IDE] SATA3_1 and SATA3_2 RAID Mode Setup SATA3_1, 2 Operation Mode [IDE] SATA3_3, 4 Operation Mode [IDE] SATA3_5, 6 Operation Mode [IDE] Compatible Mode [Auto] SATAII 1 SATAII... value is installed, please select [Enhanced]. If native OS (Windows® XP / VistaTM / 7) is [IDE]. If you select [RAID] or [AHCI] mode, the options "Hot Plug" and "SATA Link Power Management" will improve SATA disk performance but IDE mode does ...
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..., it will pop-out the following message, "Discard changes?" Discard Changes When you select this operation. Load Performance Setup RAID Mode This performance setup RAID mode may not be compatible with all system configurations. F6 key can be used for this option, it will pop-out... Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load BIOS Defaults Load Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) Load Performance Setup AHCI Mode Load Performance Setup RAID Mode Load Power Saving Setup Default Exit system setup after loading, please resume optimal default settings. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go ...
..., it will pop-out the following message, "Discard changes?" Discard Changes When you select this operation. Load Performance Setup RAID Mode This performance setup RAID mode may not be compatible with all system configurations. F6 key can be used for this option, it will pop-out... Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load BIOS Defaults Load Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) Load Performance Setup AHCI Mode Load Performance Setup RAID Mode Load Power Saving Setup Default Exit system setup after loading, please resume optimal default settings. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go ...
Quick Installation Guide
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...USB 2.0 ports) - 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) - 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED) 7 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in header - SLI/XFire power connector - CPU/Chassis/NB/Power FAN... Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 4 x Ready-to 5Gb/s - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 6 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - ...
...USB 2.0 ports) - 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) - 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED) 7 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in header - SLI/XFire power connector - CPU/Chassis/NB/Power FAN... Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 4 x Ready-to 5Gb/s - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 6 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - ...
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...XP 64-bit OS on your system. 41 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Then, the drivers compatible to your optical drive first. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Enter BIOS ...CD to your system can work properly. 2.13 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with...
...XP 64-bit OS on your system. 41 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Then, the drivers compatible to your optical drive first. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Enter BIOS ...CD to your system can work properly. 2.13 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with...
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A. A. Before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 42 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English 2.14.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on ... to [Enhanced], and then in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. B. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. STEP 2: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit /...
A. A. Before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 42 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English 2.14.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on ... to [Enhanced], and then in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. B. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. STEP 2: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit /...
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 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 11 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 11 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume 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 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 11 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 11 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume 15 1
RAID Installation Guide
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... to Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation of "User Manual" in this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. For SATA installation guide, please refer to SATA Hard Disks Installation...
... to Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation of "User Manual" in this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. For SATA installation guide, please refer to SATA Hard Disks Installation...
RAID Installation Guide
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...optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in the other drive if one drive to RAID Configurations 2.1 Introduction of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that copies and maintains an identical image of the data in parallel,... identical drives of Independent Disks", which is called data mirroring that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of the same model and capacity when creating...
...optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in the other drive if one drive to RAID Configurations 2.1 Introduction of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that copies and maintains an identical image of the data in parallel,... identical drives of Independent Disks", which is called data mirroring that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of the same model and capacity when creating...