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... 3.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 3-34 3.10.3 ASUS BIOS Updater 3-36 Chapter 4: Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals 4-2 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.3.1 AI Suite II 4-3 4.3.2 ASUS Thermal Radar 4-8 4.3.3 Tool 4-12 4.3.4 Monitor 4-21 4.3.5 Update 4-22 4.3.6 System Information 4-27 4.3.7 Audio configurations 4-28 4.4 RAID configurations 4-29 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-29...
... 3.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 3-34 3.10.3 ASUS BIOS Updater 3-36 Chapter 4: Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals 4-2 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.3.1 AI Suite II 4-3 4.3.2 ASUS Thermal Radar 4-8 4.3.3 Tool 4-12 4.3.4 Monitor 4-21 4.3.5 Update 4-22 4.3.6 System Information 4-27 4.3.7 Audio configurations 4-28 4.4 RAID configurations 4-29 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-29...
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Contents 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-30 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-30 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-31 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-34 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-34 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-34 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation....... 4-35 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive...
Contents 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-30 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-30 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-31 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-34 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-34 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-34 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation....... 4-35 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive...
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... Max. 32GB, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz, ECC, NonECC and un-buffered memory Dual channel memory architecture *Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for better performance. Absolute Pitch 192KHz/24bit True BD Lossless Sound - Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O...up to DDR3 1333MHz. Refer to "2.5 Expansion slots" for slot configurations. (continued on the next page) SABERTOOTH 990FX specifications summary CPU AMD® socket AM3+ for AMD® FX Series CPU up to 8-core Compatible with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support 2 x JMicron® JMB362 SATA controllers: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s ports - ...
... Max. 32GB, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz, ECC, NonECC and un-buffered memory Dual channel memory architecture *Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for better performance. Absolute Pitch 192KHz/24bit True BD Lossless Sound - Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O...up to DDR3 1333MHz. Refer to "2.5 Expansion slots" for slot configurations. (continued on the next page) SABERTOOTH 990FX specifications summary CPU AMD® socket AM3+ for AMD® FX Series CPU up to 8-core Compatible with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support 2 x JMicron® JMB362 SATA controllers: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s ports - ...
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... DVD. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set to [RAID Mode]. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB950 chipset.... Chapter 2 • These connectors are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. Refer to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX...
... DVD. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set to [RAID Mode]. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB950 chipset.... Chapter 2 • These connectors are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. Refer to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX...
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... to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 3-17 SB SATA Configuration Onchip SATA Channel [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Disabled] SATA Port1-Port4 [AHCI] Allows you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. 3.5.3 SATA Configuration UEFI BIOS Utility - The AHCI...
... to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 3-17 SB SATA Configuration Onchip SATA Channel [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Disabled] SATA Port1-Port4 [AHCI] Allows you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. 3.5.3 SATA Configuration UEFI BIOS Utility - The AHCI...
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...features of the support DVD to display the ASUS contact information. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-1 Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an item to ... your computer, browse the contents of your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure that you want to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that comes with the motherboard package contains the drivers...
...features of the support DVD to display the ASUS contact information. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-1 Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an item to ... your computer, browse the contents of your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure that you want to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that comes with the motherboard package contains the drivers...
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... disk drives is available only if you are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-29 RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the surviving drive as...
... disk drives is available only if you are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-29 RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the surviving drive as...
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...1. Chapter 4 4-30 Chapter 4: Software support To install the SATA hard disks for details on each drive. 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID set any of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. Due to... RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. Connect a SATA power cable to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. Set the SATA Mode item to the Advanced menu > SATA Configuration, and then press . 3. Connect the SATA ...
...1. Chapter 4 4-30 Chapter 4: Software support To install the SATA hard disks for details on each drive. 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID set any of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. Due to... RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. Connect a SATA power cable to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. Set the SATA Mode item to the Advanced menu > SATA Configuration, and then press . 3. Connect the SATA ...
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... Menu 3 ] Controller Configuration ......[ 4 ] [ Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to perform. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-31 Press , , , or to enter the option you to select an operation to Select Option [ESC] Exit The Main Menu allows you need; press to display the utility main menu. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are set and...
... Menu 3 ] Controller Configuration ......[ 4 ] [ Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to perform. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-31 Press , , , or to enter the option you to select an operation to Select Option [ESC] Exit The Main Menu allows you need; press to display the utility main menu. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are set and...
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... item and press to select a RAID mode to include in the RAID set Y to select the hard disk drives you want to create. 4. Move to the Assignment ... Software support 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 ... save the setting. 6. Press + , and the following message. Enter the LD name here: 8. Creating a RAID volume To create a RAID volume: 1. Press + to input the LD name.
... item and press to select a RAID mode to include in the RAID set Y to select the hard disk drives you want to create. 4. Move to the Assignment ... Software support 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 ... save the setting. 6. Press + , and the following message. Enter the LD name here: 8. Creating a RAID volume To create a RAID volume: 1. Press + to input the LD name.
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...) xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx Any Key To Continue....... To delete a RAID volume: 1. Press + to delete and press or + . In the Main Menu, press to enter the "LD View / LD Define Menu" function. 2. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-33 Chapter 4 In the Main Menu, press to enter the Delete... LD function. 2. Deleting a RAID configuration Take caution when deleting a RAID volume. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you...
...) xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx Any Key To Continue....... To delete a RAID volume: 1. Press + to delete and press or + . In the Main Menu, press to enter the "LD View / LD Define Menu" function. 2. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-33 Chapter 4 In the Main Menu, press to enter the Delete... LD function. 2. Deleting a RAID configuration Take caution when deleting a RAID volume. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you...
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... 2. Write-protect the floppy disk to Windows® XP limitation. You have to use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due to avoid a computer virus infection. Set the ...as the destination disk. 6. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 4. Boot your computer. 2. ...
... 2. Write-protect the floppy disk to Windows® XP limitation. You have to use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due to avoid a computer virus infection. Set the ...as the destination disk. 6. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 4. Boot your computer. 2. ...
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... for the corresponding OS version. Click the name of the device you have to use another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to install third- Click OK. 4. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to .... During the OS installation, the system prompts you to complete the installation. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-35
... for the corresponding OS version. Click the name of the device you have to use another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to install third- Click OK. 4. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to .... During the OS installation, the system prompts you to complete the installation. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-35
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...and then select Manage from the pop-up window. Select Device Manager. Chapter 4 4-36 Chapter 4: Software support A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to ...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. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Double-click...
...and then select Manage from the pop-up window. Select Device Manager. Chapter 4 4-36 Chapter 4: Software support A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to ...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. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Double-click...