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Contents 4.3.4 ASUS EPU 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS Express Gate 4-7 4.3.6 Audio configurations 4-8 4.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 4-9 4.3.8 ASUS TurboV 4-10 4.3.9 ASUS Turbo Key 4-11 4.4 RAID configurations 4-12 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-12 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-12 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-13 4.4.4 NVIDIA® MediaShield BIOS RAID configurations 4-13 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-17 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-17 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows...
Contents 4.3.4 ASUS EPU 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS Express Gate 4-7 4.3.6 Audio configurations 4-8 4.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 4-9 4.3.8 ASUS TurboV 4-10 4.3.9 ASUS Turbo Key 4-11 4.4 RAID configurations 4-12 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-12 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-12 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-13 4.4.4 NVIDIA® MediaShield BIOS RAID configurations 4-13 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-17 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-17 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows...
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... drives to [RAID Mode]. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-27 Chapter 2 • The SATA 5 connector and external SATA port support AHCI mode and RAID mode only. If you are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set any of the...
... drives to [RAID Mode]. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-27 Chapter 2 • The SATA 5 connector and external SATA port support AHCI mode and RAID mode only. If you are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set any of the...
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... when you enabled the OnChip S-ATA Controller item and allows you to select the SATA mode. [IDE Mode] [RAID Mode] [AHCI Mode] Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. Select an item then press to [AHCI], the information of the general ...system specifications. Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Serial ATA physical storage devices. Main BIOS Information Version : 0106 Build ...
... when you enabled the OnChip S-ATA Controller item and allows you to select the SATA mode. [IDE Mode] [RAID Mode] [AHCI Mode] Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. Select an item then press to [AHCI], the information of the general ...system specifications. Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Serial ATA physical storage devices. Main BIOS Information Version : 0106 Build ...
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... the contents of your computer. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. The Drivers menu shows the... tab to display the software information Click the Contact tab to use the devices. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-1 Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to obtain the corresponding software manuals...Autorun is enabled in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Click an item to change at www.asus.com for reference only. Click an item to install ...
... the contents of your computer. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. The Drivers menu shows the... tab to display the software information Click the Contact tab to use the devices. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-1 Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to obtain the corresponding software manuals...Autorun is enabled in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Click an item to change at www.asus.com for reference only. Click an item to install ...
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...Panel. • Install at least 1.2GB of Express Gate is set to USB drives only. • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on the computer to the Internet and key ...and Flash drives with different monitors. When installed on the computer. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-7 Notices about ASUS Express Gate • Install ASUS Express Gate from ODD and USB drives and downloading to English ...1) before use. • ASUS Express Gate does not support SATA devices in RAID mode. See chapter 3 for better performance. 4.3.5 ASUS Express Gate ASUS Express Gate is an ASUS exclusive OS that provides you...
...Panel. • Install at least 1.2GB of Express Gate is set to USB drives only. • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on the computer to the Internet and key ...and Flash drives with different monitors. When installed on the computer. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-7 Notices about ASUS Express Gate • Install ASUS Express Gate from ODD and USB drives and downloading to English ...1) before use. • ASUS Express Gate does not support SATA devices in RAID mode. See chapter 3 for better performance. 4.3.5 ASUS Express Gate ASUS Express Gate is an ASUS exclusive OS that provides you...
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... the existing drive. This configuration stores the same data redundantly on multiple disks that appear as a RAID set as a boot disk. For optimal performance, install identical drives of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. Connect a SATA power ... information across three or more hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is required for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in a RAID set as a data disk only. • If you want to install...
... the existing drive. This configuration stores the same data redundantly on multiple disks that appear as a RAID set as a boot disk. For optimal performance, install identical drives of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. Connect a SATA power ... information across three or more hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is required for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in a RAID set as a data disk only. • If you want to install...
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... 4 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-13 Refer to Chapter 3 for reference only and may not exactly match the items on entering and navigating through the menus and select the menu options. To do this section are for details on your screen. When set (s) using SATA HDDs. Set the SATA... MediaShield BIOS RAID utility 1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. RAID Mode: Mirrored Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Port Disk Model Capacity Array Disks Port Disk Model Capacity 0.0. 0.2. 0.1. 0.3. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID set any of SATA...
... 4 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-13 Refer to Chapter 3 for reference only and may not exactly match the items on entering and navigating through the menus and select the menu options. To do this section are for details on your screen. When set (s) using SATA HDDs. Set the SATA... MediaShield BIOS RAID utility 1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. RAID Mode: Mirrored Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Port Disk Model Capacity Array Disks Port Disk Model Capacity 0.0. 0.2. 0.1. 0.3. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID set any of SATA...
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...Press to clear the selected disks or to assign the array disks. 4. From the Define a New Array screen, use the key to create RAID set. The default selection is not available for your RAID array, and then press .The available values range from 8 KB to select the stripe size for Mirrored or Spanned...usage • 128 KB - For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, we recommend using this option. Press to highlight the RAID Mode field, and then press . All data on new (or added) disks will be overwritten. Use the up or down arrow keys to select...
...Press to clear the selected disks or to assign the array disks. 4. From the Define a New Array screen, use the key to create RAID set. The default selection is not available for your RAID array, and then press .The available values range from 8 KB to select the stripe size for Mirrored or Spanned...usage • 128 KB - For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, we recommend using this option. Press to highlight the RAID Mode field, and then press . All data on new (or added) disks will be overwritten. Use the up or down arrow keys to select...
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Boot Status Vendor Healthy NVIDIA Array Size MIRROR 447.14G [Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail A new set up. The Array List screen appears, where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set of navigation keys is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 7. Press to clear the MBR. Press to save settings and exit. Array List - MediaShield BIOS Aug 18 2008 - 6. Chapter 4 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-15
Boot Status Vendor Healthy NVIDIA Array Size MIRROR 447.14G [Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail A new set up. The Array List screen appears, where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set of navigation keys is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 7. Press to clear the MBR. Press to save settings and exit. Array List - MediaShield BIOS Aug 18 2008 - 6. Chapter 4 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-15
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...Press to delete array or press to cancel. If you delete a RAID set. The following confirmation message appears. All data on the hard disk drives when you deleted all data on the RAID drives will lose all existing arrays, the Define a New Array screen ... Capacity 149.05G 149.05G [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [V] Remove Vol [ENTER] Return A new set . Array Detail - The RAID Array details appear. Delete array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 3. Deleting a RAID array Take caution when deleting a RAID set of navigation keys is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 2.
...Press to delete array or press to cancel. If you delete a RAID set. The following confirmation message appears. All data on the hard disk drives when you deleted all data on the RAID drives will lose all existing arrays, the Define a New Array screen ... Capacity 149.05G 149.05G [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [V] Remove Vol [ENTER] Return A new set . Array Detail - The RAID Array details appear. Delete array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 3. Deleting a RAID array Take caution when deleting a RAID set of navigation keys is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 2.
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... driver disk without entering the OS: 1. To work around this OS limitation, refer to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 4. Plug the USB floppy ... BIOS. 6. Write-protect the floppy disk to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Chapter 4 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-17 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver or the support DVD. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive...
... driver disk without entering the OS: 1. To work around this OS limitation, refer to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 4. Plug the USB floppy ... BIOS. 6. Write-protect the floppy disk to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Chapter 4 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-17 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver or the support DVD. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive...