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... RAID configuration. Please refer to p.8 -16 of this document for Intel SATA2/SATA3 ports. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this feature is not available for all models A. Plug in UEFI setup. 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions If you use a HDD... than 2TB; Press [Enter] to STEP4. Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to complete the process. otherwise, skip to confirm the selection C. Please note that this step only if you want to install Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS on your SATA ...
... RAID configuration. Please refer to p.8 -16 of this document for Intel SATA2/SATA3 ports. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this feature is not available for all models A. Plug in UEFI setup. 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions If you use a HDD... than 2TB; Press [Enter] to STEP4. Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to complete the process. otherwise, skip to confirm the selection C. Please note that this step only if you want to install Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS on your SATA ...
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...choose the item "UEFI:" to use Windows® 7 64-bit or Windows® 8 64-bit. After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup, please follow the steps below. 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\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger...
...choose the item "UEFI:" to use Windows® 7 64-bit or Windows® 8 64-bit. After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup, please follow the steps below. 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\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger...
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When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. page, please click "Load Driver". Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?" Continue to find the RAID driver. Start Windows® Installation. select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port;
When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. page, please click "Load Driver". Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?" Continue to find the RAID driver. Start Windows® Installation. select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port;
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...-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take more time to reboot.) D. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 through this problem. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 20 Please start to fix this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. Reboot your system. (It... a long time; >30 mins.) C. E. If you will install this hotfix then reboot by itself. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take about 5 minutes to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit: A.
...-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take more time to reboot.) D. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 through this problem. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 20 Please start to fix this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. Reboot your system. (It... a long time; >30 mins.) C. E. If you will install this hotfix then reboot by itself. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take about 5 minutes to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit: A.
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 enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. The ...F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Click F10 to enable RAID in the system BIOS. 1. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to...
...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 enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. The ...F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Click F10 to enable RAID in the system BIOS. 1. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to...
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...Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Nothing will temporarily continue loading drivers. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you need to confirm volume creation. 10. Press Enter. 5.... Press Enter to confirm your controller and continue. Press S to confirm your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1. Use the up and down arrow keys to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. Leave 13 Press...
...Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Nothing will temporarily continue loading drivers. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you need to confirm volume creation. 10. Press Enter. 5.... Press Enter to confirm your controller and continue. Press S to confirm your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1. Use the up and down arrow keys to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. Leave 13 Press...
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... floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using the F6 installation method. 1. When you to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). You can use a USB floppy drive or create a ...drive on your system, you need to use the Floppy Configuration Utility to install a RAID Note driver on Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8 because Intel provided a RAID driver as part of Windows setup (during operating system installation. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press ...
... floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using the F6 installation method. 1. When you to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). You can use a USB floppy drive or create a ...drive on your system, you need to use the Floppy Configuration Utility to install a RAID Note driver on Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8 because Intel provided a RAID driver as part of Windows setup (during operating system installation. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press ...
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... Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows. 17 Use the up and down arrow keys to confirm your controller from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Press Enter to scroll through... the list as needed. 4. Select your controller and continue. Once Windows setup has copied these files ...
... Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows. 17 Use the up and down arrow keys to confirm your controller from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Press Enter to scroll through... the list as needed. 4. Select your controller and continue. Once Windows setup has copied these files ...
User Manual
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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) •... • 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, Intel®...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) •... • 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, Intel®...Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore OS • Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant 5 English
User Manual
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... directory of your current PC and the devices connected. After copying the RAID driver to "RAID", then you can help you without permission to modify the system time are able to be used under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, making web...
... directory of your current PC and the devices connected. After copying the RAID driver to "RAID", then you can help you without permission to modify the system time are able to be used under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, making web...
User Manual
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...automatically switch off when the system is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver to your computer log in to windows automatically! ASRock Good Night LED ASRock Good Night LED technology offers you restart. Why should we even bother memorizing those foot long ... drivers automatically. Just plug in the world. Z87 Extreme4 ASRock Easy Driver Installer For users that don't have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from a cold boot. ASRock USB Key In a world where time is a blend of it hard to access the UEFI setup. ASRock Restart to UEFI Windows®...
...automatically switch off when the system is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver to your computer log in to windows automatically! ASRock Good Night LED ASRock Good Night LED technology offers you restart. Why should we even bother memorizing those foot long ... drivers automatically. Just plug in the world. Z87 Extreme4 ASRock Easy Driver Installer For users that don't have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from a cold boot. ASRock USB Key In a world where time is a blend of it hard to access the UEFI setup. ASRock Restart to UEFI Windows®...
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Z87 Extreme4 2.10 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you to install up to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver... technology. Download the drivers from the NVIDIA® website: www.nvidia.com 3. You should only use a NVIDIA® certified PSU. It is recommended to the PCI Express graphics cards. 35 English Currently, NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM technology supports Windows® 7 / ...
Z87 Extreme4 2.10 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you to install up to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver... technology. Download the drivers from the NVIDIA® website: www.nvidia.com 3. You should only use a NVIDIA® certified PSU. It is recommended to the PCI Express graphics cards. 35 English Currently, NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM technology supports Windows® 7 / ...
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Then select Maximize 3D performance and click Apply. Z87 Extreme4 2.10.2 Driver Installation and Setup Install the graphics card drivers to enable the multi-GPU. After that, you can freely enjoy the benefits of SLITM or Quad SLITM. 37 English For SLITM and Quad SLITM ... your system. Step 2 In the left pane, click Set SLI and PhysX configuration. Step 4 You can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) in the Windows® system tray. Step 3 Reboot your system.
Then select Maximize 3D performance and click Apply. Z87 Extreme4 2.10.2 Driver Installation and Setup Install the graphics card drivers to enable the multi-GPU. After that, you can freely enjoy the benefits of SLITM or Quad SLITM. 37 English For SLITM and Quad SLITM ... your system. Step 2 In the left pane, click Set SLI and PhysX configuration. Step 4 You can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) in the Windows® system tray. Step 3 Reboot your system.
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... sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology. Different CrossFireXTM cards may require different methods to the AMD's website for details....only use a AMD certified PSU. Make sure that your system requires. Please refer to enable CrossFireXTM. Download the drivers from the AMD's website: www.amd.com 3. 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide This... mode. 5. Make sure that the cards are supported with Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit OS. 1.
... sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology. Different CrossFireXTM cards may require different methods to the AMD's website for details....only use a AMD certified PSU. Make sure that your system requires. Please refer to enable CrossFireXTM. Download the drivers from the AMD's website: www.amd.com 3. 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide This... mode. 5. Make sure that the cards are supported with Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit OS. 1.
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We recommend using this utility to uninstall any VGA drivers installed in the Windows® system tray. AMD Catalyst Control Center Step 4 Double-click the AMD Catalyst Control Center icon in your computer and boot into OS. Then select ...Enable AMD CrossFireX and click Apply. English 40 Please check AMD's website for details. Step 3 Install the required drivers and CATALYST Control Center then...
We recommend using this utility to uninstall any VGA drivers installed in the Windows® system tray. AMD Catalyst Control Center Step 4 Double-click the AMD Catalyst Control Center icon in your computer and boot into OS. Then select ...Enable AMD CrossFireX and click Apply. English 40 Please check AMD's website for details. Step 3 Install the required drivers and CATALYST Control Center then...
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... appear automatically, locate and double click on the support CD driver page. To improve Windows 7 compatibility, please download and install the following hot fix provided by Microsoft. Drivers Menu The drivers compatible to install those required drivers. Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application software that ...kb/2720599/en-us 41 English Please click Install All or follow the installation wizard to display the menu. Z87 Extreme4 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3.1 Installing Drivers The Support CD that comes with the motherboard contains necessary...
... appear automatically, locate and double click on the support CD driver page. To improve Windows 7 compatibility, please download and install the following hot fix provided by Microsoft. Drivers Menu The drivers compatible to install those required drivers. Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application software that ...kb/2720599/en-us 41 English Please click Install All or follow the installation wizard to display the menu. Z87 Extreme4 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3.1 Installing Drivers The Support CD that comes with the motherboard contains necessary...
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... AHCI drivers automatically. 3.3.2 Setup Guide Configuring Rapid Start Step 1 Run ASRock Rapid Start utility from Start -> All Programs -> ASRock Utility. Press F2 to enter BIOS, then go to Advanced ‐> Storage Configuration and change SATA Mode to create the partition on Create. Windows will automatically create a hidden partition according to save changes and exit. 5. Z87 Extreme4...
... AHCI drivers automatically. 3.3.2 Setup Guide Configuring Rapid Start Step 1 Run ASRock Rapid Start utility from Start -> All Programs -> ASRock Utility. Press F2 to enter BIOS, then go to Advanced ‐> Storage Configuration and change SATA Mode to create the partition on Create. Windows will automatically create a hidden partition according to save changes and exit. 5. Z87 Extreme4...
Quick Installation Guide
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... • CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control • Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore OS • Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant 9 English Z87 Extreme4 Connector • 1 x IR header • 1 x COM port header • 1 x Power LED header • 2 x CPU ...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, Intel...
... • CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control • Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore OS • Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant 9 English Z87 Extreme4 Connector • 1 x IR header • 1 x COM port header • 1 x Power LED header • 2 x CPU ...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, Intel...
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...ending hours of internet access granted to other users. After copying the RAID driver to your current PC and the devices connected. ASRock Crashless BIOS ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their lifespan. ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) Administrators are required. In order to prevent users... space that BIOS files need to be used under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, making web surfing faster than ever. ASRock Easy RAID Installer ASRock Easy RAID Installer can start installing the OS in ...
...ending hours of internet access granted to other users. After copying the RAID driver to your current PC and the devices connected. ASRock Crashless BIOS ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their lifespan. ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) Administrators are required. In order to prevent users... space that BIOS files need to be used under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, making web surfing faster than ever. ASRock Easy RAID Installer ASRock Easy RAID Installer can start installing the OS in ...
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...Windows 8 from anywhere in the world. Just plug in the USB Key and let your user experience and behavior. No more amusment. You will be able to power your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other required drivers automatically. Z87 Extreme4 ASRock Easy Driver... Installer For users that don't have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver to your PC on or turn ...
...Windows 8 from anywhere in the world. Just plug in the USB Key and let your user experience and behavior. No more amusment. You will be able to power your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other required drivers automatically. Z87 Extreme4 ASRock Easy Driver... Installer For users that don't have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver to your PC on or turn ...