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... 4-32 Probe II 4-33 Sensor Recorder 4-34 ASUS Update 4-36 MyLogo2 4-37 Audio configurations 4-39 Chapter 5: RAID support 5-1 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 AMD® Option ROM utility 5-3 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-6 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-6 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-6 5.2.3 Installing the...
... 4-32 Probe II 4-33 Sensor Recorder 4-34 ASUS Update 4-36 MyLogo2 4-37 Audio configurations 4-39 Chapter 5: RAID support 5-1 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 AMD® Option ROM utility 5-3 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-6 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-6 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-6 5.2.3 Installing the...
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...product package may have to perform when installing system components. • Chapter 3: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to the ASUS contact information. 2. Refer to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are not part... chapter describes the contents of the support DVD that comes with the motherboard package and the software. • Chapter 5: RAID support This chapter describes the RAID configurations. • Chapter 6: Multiple GPU technology support This chapter describes how to the following parts: • Chapter 1:...
...product package may have to perform when installing system components. • Chapter 3: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to the ASUS contact information. 2. Refer to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are not part... chapter describes the contents of the support DVD that comes with the motherboard package and the software. • Chapter 5: RAID support This chapter describes the RAID configurations. • Chapter 6: Multiple GPU technology support This chapter describes how to the following parts: • Chapter 1:...
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...RAID 0,1,5 and 10 support (gray) - 1 x eSATA port 1 x ASMedia® PCIe SATA controller: - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (navy blue) Realtek® 8111F Gigabit LAN controller Realtek® ALC 892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking - Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection - ASUS... Noise Filter (continued on the next page) ix M5A99FX PRO R2.0 specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage ...
...RAID 0,1,5 and 10 support (gray) - 1 x eSATA port 1 x ASMedia® PCIe SATA controller: - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (navy blue) Realtek® 8111F Gigabit LAN controller Realtek® ALC 892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking - Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection - ASUS... Noise Filter (continued on the next page) ix M5A99FX PRO R2.0 specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage ...
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...]. Chapter 1 • These connectors are set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. Refer to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • When using Windows® ... SP3 or later versions. 1-28 Chapter 1: Product introduction Refer to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you are for the Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables...
...]. Chapter 1 • These connectors are set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. Refer to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • When using Windows® ... SP3 or later versions. 1-28 Chapter 1: Product introduction Refer to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you are for the Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables...
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... Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to the SATA connectors 5 or eSATA when installing Windows OS. Chapter 3 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 3-19 SATA Port1-Port4 [AHCI] Allows you to set the SATA configuration. [IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the... Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. [AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you set the OnChip SATA Channel item to use...
... Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to the SATA connectors 5 or eSATA when installing Windows OS. Chapter 3 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 3-19 SATA Port1-Port4 [AHCI] Allows you to set the SATA configuration. [IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the... Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. [AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you set the OnChip SATA Channel item to use...
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...number of processor. [Warning] System might become unstable due to different CPU margins. 3.5.7 Onboard Devices Configuration UEFI BIOS Utility - Chapter 3 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 3-23 Advanced Mode Main Back Ai Tweaker Advanced Advanced\ CPU Core On/Off Function > CPU Core Activation Monitor Auto CPU Core ...Enabled Disabled Disabled Boot Tool (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt. Exit Boot Tool Enabled ASUS Core Unlocker to get FULL computing power of cores vary with CPU models...
...number of processor. [Warning] System might become unstable due to different CPU margins. 3.5.7 Onboard Devices Configuration UEFI BIOS Utility - Chapter 3 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 3-23 Advanced Mode Main Back Ai Tweaker Advanced Advanced\ CPU Core On/Off Function > CPU Core Activation Monitor Auto CPU Core ...Enabled Disabled Disabled Boot Tool (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt. Exit Boot Tool Enabled ASUS Core Unlocker to get FULL computing power of cores vary with CPU models...
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... RAID/AHCI driver disk. The Make Disk menu contains items to open the folder of the support DVD are subject to run the DVD. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2... to maximize the features of your computer, browse the contents of supplementary user manuals. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The contents of the user manual. Refer to your OS documentation for...
... RAID/AHCI driver disk. The Make Disk menu contains items to open the folder of the support DVD are subject to run the DVD. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2... to maximize the features of your computer, browse the contents of supplementary user manuals. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The contents of the user manual. Refer to your OS documentation for...
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...cannot be set , you get all applications to Windows® XP limitation, a RAID array with the AMD® SB950 chipset that of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. Chapter 5 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 5-1 Refer to read and write data in the other business systems. ...Use a minimum of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to...
...cannot be set , you get all applications to Windows® XP limitation, a RAID array with the AMD® SB950 chipset that of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. Chapter 5 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 5-1 Refer to read and write data in the other business systems. ...Use a minimum of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to...
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...BIOS Setup Due to chipset limitation, when SATA ports are set to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. Go to [RAID Mode]. 4. Chapter 5 5-2 Chapter 5: RAID configurations Refer to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. To install the SATA hard disks for details on each drive. 5.1.3 Setting ...the RAID item in BIOS You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID sets using SATA HDDs. 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard...
...BIOS Setup Due to chipset limitation, when SATA ports are set to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. Go to [RAID Mode]. 4. Chapter 5 5-2 Chapter 5: RAID configurations Refer to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. To install the SATA hard disks for details on each drive. 5.1.3 Setting ...the RAID item in BIOS You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID sets using SATA HDDs. 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard...
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...AMD® Option ROM utility To enter the AMD® Option ROM utility: 1. press to display the utility main menu. Chapter 5 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 5-3 Turn on your screen. During POST, press + to exit the utility. Press , , , or to enter the ... status of the hard disk drives. • LD View / LD Define Menu: displays the existing RAID set information / creates a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration. • Delete LD Menu: deletes a selected RAID set and partition. • Controller Configuration: shows the system resources configuration. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009...
...AMD® Option ROM utility To enter the AMD® Option ROM utility: 1. press to display the utility main menu. Chapter 5 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 5-3 Turn on your screen. During POST, press + to exit the utility. Press , , , or to enter the ... status of the hard disk drives. • LD View / LD Define Menu: displays the existing RAID set information / creates a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration. • Delete LD Menu: deletes a selected RAID set and partition. • Controller Configuration: shows the system resources configuration. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009...
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... Main Menu, press to save the setting. 6. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD Define Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2 Strip Block 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary ON Fast Init ON Cache Mode WriteThru Port:ID 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00... LD name. Eenter an LD name, and then press any key to continue. Please press Ctrl-Y key to create. 4. Move to the RAID Mode item and press to select a RAID mode to input the LD Name or press any LD name, the default LD name will erase the MBR data of the...
... Main Menu, press to save the setting. 6. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD Define Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2 Strip Block 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary ON Fast Init ON Cache Mode WriteThru Port:ID 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00... LD name. Eenter an LD name, and then press any key to continue. Please press Ctrl-Y key to create. 4. Move to the RAID Mode item and press to select a RAID mode to input the LD Name or press any LD name, the default LD name will erase the MBR data of the...
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... 01:00 02:00 Drive Model xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx [ Drives Assignments ] Capabilities Capacity(GB) xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx Any Key To Continue....... ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 5-5 Chapter 5 To delete a RAID volume: 1. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you want to enter the "LD View / LD Define ...Menu" function. 2. Select a RAID item and press to abort... or press any other key to display its information. In the Main Menu, press to delete and press or + ...
... 01:00 02:00 Drive Model xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx [ Drives Assignments ] Capabilities Capacity(GB) xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx Any Key To Continue....... ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 5-5 Chapter 5 To delete a RAID volume: 1. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you want to enter the "LD View / LD Define ...Menu" function. 2. Select a RAID item and press to abort... or press any other key to display its information. In the Main Menu, press to delete and press or + ...
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... computer. 2. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to Windows® XP limitation. Press during POST to create a RAID driver disk. 7. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Start Windows®. 2. Go to the... disk drive that is included in Windows®: 1. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. Chapter 5 5-6 Chapter 5: RAID configurations Place the motherboard support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. Insert...
... computer. 2. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to Windows® XP limitation. Press during POST to create a RAID driver disk. 7. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Start Windows®. 2. Go to the... disk drive that is included in Windows®: 1. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. Chapter 5 5-6 Chapter 5: RAID configurations Place the motherboard support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. Insert...
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... from a USB flash drive, you 've inserted, go to complete the installation. Chapter 5 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 5-7 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to the USB flash drive. Click...
... from a USB flash drive, you 've inserted, go to complete the installation. Chapter 5 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 5-7 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to the USB flash drive. Click...
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...; desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from the pop-up window. Select Device Manager. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Click Details tab. Double-click the file. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and...the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. Chapter 5 5....
...; desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from the pop-up window. Select Device Manager. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Click Details tab. Double-click the file. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and...the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. Chapter 5 5....