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... 4-29 4.3.10 Network iControl 4-31 4.3.11 ASUS Update 4-36 4.3.12 MyLogo2 4-37 4.3.13 Audio configurations 4-38 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 5-7 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-7 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-7 5.2.3 Installing...
... 4-29 4.3.10 Network iControl 4-31 4.3.11 ASUS Update 4-36 4.3.12 MyLogo2 4-37 4.3.13 Audio configurations 4-38 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 5-7 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-7 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-7 5.2.3 Installing...
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... This chapter describes the RAID configurations. • Chapter 6: Multiple GPU technology support This chapter describes how to install and configure multiple AMD® CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® SLI™ graphics cards. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard...procedures that may have to perform when installing system components. • Chapter 3: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to the ASUS contact information. 2. It includes description of the standard package. These documents are also provided. • Chapter 4: Software ...
... This chapter describes the RAID configurations. • Chapter 6: Multiple GPU technology support This chapter describes how to install and configure multiple AMD® CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® SLI™ graphics cards. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard...procedures that may have to perform when installing system components. • Chapter 3: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to the ASUS contact information. 2. It includes description of the standard package. These documents are also provided. • Chapter 4: Software ...
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... slot to get the best performance. ASUS noise filter (continued on the next page) With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz. 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (Dual at x16/x16, triple at back I/O - SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus ... limitation, when installing a total memory of less than 3GB is recommended. *** Due to CPU specifications, AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to 8-core compatible with RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 support ASMedia® SATA 6Gb/s controllers - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports - 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s ports [red] Realtek® ...
... slot to get the best performance. ASUS noise filter (continued on the next page) With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz. 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (Dual at x16/x16, triple at back I/O - SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus ... limitation, when installing a total memory of less than 3GB is recommended. *** Due to CPU specifications, AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to 8-core compatible with RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 support ASMedia® SATA 6Gb/s controllers - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports - 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s ports [red] Realtek® ...
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...Mode]. Chapter 1 • These connectors are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using NCQ, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for ...1: Product introduction AMD® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-6 [brown]) These connectors connect to [RAID Mode]. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB950 chipset. Refer to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for...
...Mode]. Chapter 1 • These connectors are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using NCQ, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for ...1: Product introduction AMD® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-6 [brown]) These connectors connect to [RAID Mode]. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB950 chipset. Refer to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for...
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... Configuration This item alows you 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 want to use the AHCI... IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 3-21 The AHCI allows the onboard ...
... Configuration This item alows you 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 want to use the AHCI... IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 3-21 The AHCI allows the onboard ...
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...in this chapter for detailed information. • Ensure that the motherboard supports. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Double-click ASSETUP.EXE to open the folder of the support DVD to... menu contains the list of the support DVD are subject to use the devices. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 4-1 Use the setup procedures presented in your computer. Install the necessary drivers to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The contents of ...
...in this chapter for detailed information. • Ensure that the motherboard supports. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Double-click ASSETUP.EXE to open the folder of the support DVD to... menu contains the list of the support DVD are subject to use the devices. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 4-1 Use the setup procedures presented in your computer. Install the necessary drivers to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The contents of ...
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... to the surviving drive as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows® operating system to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Chapter 5 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-1 Use of two new identical hard disk drives is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having...
... to the surviving drive as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows® operating system to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Chapter 5 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-1 Use of two new identical hard disk drives is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having...
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...set to the power connector 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. Chapter 5 5-2 Chapter 5: RAID configurations Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Go to [RAID Mode]. 4. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS ...into the drive bays. 2. 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Connect a SATA power cable to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Refer to Chapter 3 for...
...set to the power connector 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. Chapter 5 5-2 Chapter 5: RAID configurations Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Go to [RAID Mode]. 4. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS ...into the drive bays. 2. 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Connect a SATA power cable to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Refer to Chapter 3 for...
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... setup screens shown in this section are set and partition. • Controller Configuration: shows the system resources configuration. press to perform. Chapter 5 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-3 To create a RAID volume using more than four hard disk drives, ensure that the SATA connectors 5/6 are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on ...
... setup screens shown in this section are set and partition. • Controller Configuration: shows the system resources configuration. press to perform. Chapter 5 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-3 To create a RAID volume using more than four hard disk drives, ensure that the SATA connectors 5/6 are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on ...
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... to continue. Enter the LD name here: 8. Press + to enter the screen to modify the array capacity, or press any key to include in the RAID set Y to select the hard disk drives you may press any key to abort the settings. Move to the Assignment item by using the down... arrow key and set . 5. Move to the RAID Mode item and press to select a RAID mode to input the LD name. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD Define Menu ] LD No LD Name...
... to continue. Enter the LD name here: 8. Press + to enter the screen to modify the array capacity, or press any key to include in the RAID set Y to select the hard disk drives you may press any key to abort the settings. Move to the Assignment item by using the down... arrow key and set . 5. Move to the RAID Mode item and press to select a RAID mode to input the LD name. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD Define Menu ] LD No LD Name...
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..., Inc. [ Delete LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) Status LD 1 RAID 0 2 xxxxxx Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch page [Del/Alt+D] Delete LD 3. To delete a RAID volume: 1. The utility prompts the following messages: Press Ctrl-Y to delete the RAID volume. Chapter 5 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-5 or press any other key to...
..., Inc. [ Delete LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) Status LD 1 RAID 0 2 xxxxxx Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch page [Del/Alt+D] Delete LD 3. To delete a RAID volume: 1. The utility prompts the following messages: Press Ctrl-Y to delete the RAID volume. Chapter 5 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-5 or press any other key to...
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... LD View / LD Define Menu function. 2. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ View LD Defination Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) LD 1 xxxxx RAID 0 2 157.99 Strip Block 64 KB Cache Mode WriteThru Port:ID 01:00 02:00 Drive Model xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx [ Drives Assignments ] Capabilities...
... LD View / LD Define Menu function. 2. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ View LD Defination Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) LD 1 xxxxx RAID 0 2 157.99 Strip Block 64 KB Cache Mode WriteThru Port:ID 01:00 02:00 Drive Model xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx [ Drives Assignments ] Capabilities...
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.... 5. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to complete the process. 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. Chapter 5 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-7 To work around this OS limitation, refer to Windows® XP...
.... 5. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to complete the process. 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. Chapter 5 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-7 To work around this OS limitation, refer to Windows® XP...
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...instructions to the USB flash drive. Click OK. 4. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you to press the key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Chapter 5 5-8 Chapter 5: RAID configurations During the OS installation, the system prompts you have to use ...another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to complete the installation. Insert the...
...instructions to the USB flash drive. Click OK. 4. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you to press the key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Chapter 5 5-8 Chapter 5: RAID configurations During the OS installation, the system prompts you have to use ...another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to complete the installation. Insert the...
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...) to the steps below: 1. Chapter 5 5. Double-click the file. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-9 Select Device Manager. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from a floppy disk during the OS installation. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. or 3. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID...
...) to the steps below: 1. Chapter 5 5. Double-click the file. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 5-9 Select Device Manager. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from a floppy disk during the OS installation. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. or 3. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID...
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...= "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104","iaStor" id= "USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901", "usbstor" Add the same line to open the file. 8. Save and exit the file. 5-10 Chapter 5: RAID configurations Chapter 5 7.
...= "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104","iaStor" id= "USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901", "usbstor" Add the same line to open the file. 8. Save and exit the file. 5-10 Chapter 5: RAID configurations Chapter 5 7.