Intel Smart Response Installation Guide
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...set the UEFI option "SATA Mode" to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. For all required drivers, including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later. 2. Boot system to show the newly accelerated system configuration. * Intel® will refresh to desktop, open , click..., SRT will enable automatically, and the RST GUI will update the new version RST driver in RAID ROM. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you intend to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in the near future...
...set the UEFI option "SATA Mode" to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. For all required drivers, including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later. 2. Boot system to show the newly accelerated system configuration. * Intel® will refresh to desktop, open , click..., SRT will enable automatically, and the RST GUI will update the new version RST driver in RAID ROM. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you intend to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in the near future...
RAID Installation Guide
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B. Set "SATA Mode Selection" to complete the process. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this step only if you want to set RAID configuration. Follow the onscreen instruction to [RAID] for Intel SATA2/SATA3 ports. ... RAID Installer". STEP 1: Set up UEFI. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. STEP 2: Set RAID configuration. Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to p.8 -16 of this feature is not available for instructions on your USB storage device with RAID functions, please follow the procedures...
B. Set "SATA Mode Selection" to complete the process. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this step only if you want to set RAID configuration. Follow the onscreen instruction to [RAID] for Intel SATA2/SATA3 ports. ... RAID Installer". STEP 1: Set up UEFI. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. STEP 2: Set RAID configuration. Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to p.8 -16 of this feature is not available for instructions on your USB storage device with RAID functions, please follow the procedures...
RAID Installation Guide
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... than 2TB. Please make sure to boot. 18 STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386...
... than 2TB. Please make sure to boot. 18 STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386...
RAID Installation Guide
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Continue to find the RAID driver. Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Start Windows® Installation. When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?" Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 page, please click "Load Driver".
Continue to find the RAID driver. Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Start Windows® Installation. When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?" Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 page, please click "Load Driver".
RAID Installation Guide
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E. After installing Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take about 5 minutes to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 through this problem. Reboot your system. (It may take more time to reboot.) D. If you will install this hotfix ...(ex. Please start to fix this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 20 Disk volume > 2TB), it may take a long time; >30 mins.) C.
E. After installing Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take about 5 minutes to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 through this problem. Reboot your system. (It may take more time to reboot.) D. If you will install this hotfix ...(ex. Please start to fix this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 20 Disk volume > 2TB), it may take a long time; >30 mins.) C.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... in the system BIOS, a RAID volume must be created, and the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to RAID. 5. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Select the appropriate number of hard drives by using...
... in the system BIOS, a RAID volume must be created, and the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to RAID. 5. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Select the appropriate number of hard drives by using...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert ;a floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be prompted.... 6. Press Enter. 5. At this point, you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press Y to confirm your controller and continue. Press Enter to confirm your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1....
... Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert ;a floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be prompted.... 6. Press Enter. 5. At this point, you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press Y to confirm your controller and continue. Press Enter to confirm your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1....
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Press F6 when you need to use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you can use a USB floppy drive or create a slipstream version of the operating system. 16 This message appears at the beginning... of the final package. Press S to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. You can use the Floppy Configuration Utility to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. When you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you...
...IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Press F6 when you need to use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you can use a USB floppy drive or create a slipstream version of the operating system. 16 This message appears at the beginning... of the final package. Press S to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. You can use the Floppy Configuration Utility to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. When you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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....exe from the floppy to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. If you wish to the Windows installation folders. Select your controller and continue. 4. Press Enter. 5.
....exe from the floppy to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. If you wish to the Windows installation folders. Select your controller and continue. 4. Press Enter. 5.
User Manual
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.... Debug 30 2.9 Using the HDMI-In Port 32 2.10 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 35 2.10.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 35 2.10.2 Driver Installation and Setup 37 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 38 2.11.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 38
.... Debug 30 2.9 Using the HDMI-In Port 32 2.10 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 35 2.10.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 35 2.10.2 Driver Installation and Setup 37 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 38 2.11.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 38
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2.11.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 39 2.11.3 Driver Installation and Setup 40 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 41 3.1 Installing Drivers 41 3.2 A-Tuning 42 3.3 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 46 3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 51 3.5 Intel® Remote Wake Technology 56 3.5.1 Configuring and Using MeshCentral ...
2.11.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 39 2.11.3 Driver Installation and Setup 40 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 41 3.1 Installing Drivers 41 3.2 A-Tuning 42 3.3 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 46 3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 51 3.5 Intel® Remote Wake Technology 56 3.5.1 Configuring and Using MeshCentral ...
User Manual
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... Control • Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore OS • Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant 5 English Z87 Extreme4 Connector • 1 x IR header • 1 x COM port header • 1 x Power LED header • 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)...8226; SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support • CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjust- ment Support CD • Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8, MeshCentral, Splashtop Streamer, ...
... Control • Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore OS • Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant 5 English Z87 Extreme4 Connector • 1 x IR header • 1 x COM port header • 1 x Power LED header • 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)...8226; SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support • CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjust- ment Support CD • Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8, MeshCentral, Splashtop Streamer, ...
User Manual
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... current PC and the devices connected. Another advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is included in RAID mode. 8 English In order to prevent users from the support CD to dampness by enabling "Dehumidifier Function". After copying the RAID driver to your USB disk. Only USB 2.0 ports support ... downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for you to copy the RAID driver from bypassing OMG, guest accounts without permission to other users. ASRock Dehumidifier Function Users may schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to modify the ...
... current PC and the devices connected. Another advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is included in RAID mode. 8 English In order to prevent users from the support CD to dampness by enabling "Dehumidifier Function". After copying the RAID driver to your USB disk. Only USB 2.0 ports support ... downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for you to copy the RAID driver from bypassing OMG, guest accounts without permission to other users. ASRock Dehumidifier Function Users may schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to modify the ...
User Manual
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... in to windows automatically! Just plug in the USB Key and let your PC from a cold boot. Z87 Extreme4 ASRock Easy Driver Installer For users that installs the LAN driver to your user experience and behavior. ASRock Interactive UEFI ASRock Interactive UEFI is money, why waste precious time everyday typing usernames to log in the UEFI that...
... in to windows automatically! Just plug in the USB Key and let your PC from a cold boot. Z87 Extreme4 ASRock Easy Driver Installer For users that installs the LAN driver to your user experience and behavior. ASRock Interactive UEFI ASRock Interactive UEFI is money, why waste precious time everyday typing usernames to log in the UEFI that...
User Manual
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...sure that your system requires. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology. You should only use a NVIDIA® certified PSU. It is recommended to the PCI Express graphics...SLITM-ready graphics cards that are properly seated on the slots. Download the drivers from the NVIDIA® website: www.nvidia.com 3. Requirements 1. Make sure that the cards are NVIDIA® certified. 2. Z87 Extreme4 2.10 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA® ...
...sure that your system requires. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology. You should only use a NVIDIA® certified PSU. It is recommended to the PCI Express graphics...SLITM-ready graphics cards that are properly seated on the slots. Download the drivers from the NVIDIA® website: www.nvidia.com 3. Requirements 1. Make sure that the cards are NVIDIA® certified. 2. Z87 Extreme4 2.10 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA® ...
User Manual
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... SLITM. 37 English For SLITM and Quad SLITM mode Step 1 Double-click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon in the NVIDIA® nView system tray utility. Z87 Extreme4 2.10.2 Driver Installation and Setup Install the graphics card drivers to enable the multi-GPU. Step 2 In the left pane, click Set SLI and PhysX configuration.
... SLITM. 37 English For SLITM and Quad SLITM mode Step 1 Double-click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon in the NVIDIA® nView system tray utility. Z87 Extreme4 2.10.2 Driver Installation and Setup Install the graphics card drivers to enable the multi-GPU. Step 2 In the left pane, click Set SLI and PhysX configuration.
User Manual
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... cards are properly seated on the top of the graphics cards. (The CrossFire Bridge is recommended to PCIE4 slot. Download the drivers from the AMD's website: www.amd.com 3. Please refer to AMD graphics card manuals for details. 4. CrossFire Bridge Step ...Interconnects on the slots. Currently CrossFireXTM, 3-way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM are AMD certified. 2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology. 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide This motherboard supports CrossFireXTM, 3-way CrossFireXTM ...
... cards are properly seated on the top of the graphics cards. (The CrossFire Bridge is recommended to PCIE4 slot. Download the drivers from the AMD's website: www.amd.com 3. Please refer to AMD graphics card manuals for details. 4. CrossFire Bridge Step ...Interconnects on the slots. Currently CrossFireXTM, 3-way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM are AMD certified. 2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology. 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide This motherboard supports CrossFireXTM, 3-way CrossFireXTM ...
User Manual
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.... Then select Enable AMD CrossFireX and click Apply. Please check AMD's website for details. Step 2 Remove the AMD drivers if you have any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to your computer and boot into OS. AMD Catalyst Control Center Step 4 Double-click the AMD Catalyst Control Center... icon in your computer. English 40 Please check AMD's website for AMD driver updates. Select the GPU number according to installation. The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. Step 3 Install the required...
.... Then select Enable AMD CrossFireX and click Apply. Please check AMD's website for details. Step 2 Remove the AMD drivers if you have any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to your computer and boot into OS. AMD Catalyst Control Center Step 4 Double-click the AMD Catalyst Control Center... icon in your computer. English 40 Please check AMD's website for AMD driver updates. Select the GPU number according to installation. The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. Step 3 Install the required...
User Manual
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.... "KB2720599": http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2720599/en-us 41 English Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. Z87 Extreme4 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3.1 Installing Drivers The Support CD that comes with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Running The Support CD To begin using the support...
.... "KB2720599": http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2720599/en-us 41 English Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. Z87 Extreme4 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3.1 Installing Drivers The Support CD that comes with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Running The Support CD To begin using the support...
User Manual
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...icon, A-Tuning main menu will be auto-installed as well. Operation Mode Choose an operation mode for your desktop. 3.2 A-Tuning A-Tuning is ASRock's multi purpose software suite with a new interface, more new features and improved utilities, including XFast RAM, Dehumidifier, Good Night LED, FAN-Tastic...Tuning When you will find the icon "A-Tuning" on your computer. 42 English After the installation, you install the all-in-one driver to your system from ASRock's support CD, A-Tuning will pop up. 3.2.2 Using A-Tuning There are five sections in AXTU main menu: Operation Mode, Tools, ...
...icon, A-Tuning main menu will be auto-installed as well. Operation Mode Choose an operation mode for your desktop. 3.2 A-Tuning A-Tuning is ASRock's multi purpose software suite with a new interface, more new features and improved utilities, including XFast RAM, Dehumidifier, Good Night LED, FAN-Tastic...Tuning When you will find the icon "A-Tuning" on your computer. 42 English After the installation, you install the all-in-one driver to your system from ASRock's support CD, A-Tuning will pop up. 3.2.2 Using A-Tuning There are five sections in AXTU main menu: Operation Mode, Tools, ...