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... DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals 4-2 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.3.1 ASUS PC Probe II 4-3 4.3.2 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-4 4.3.3 Audio configurations 4-5 4.4 RAID configurations 4-6 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-6 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-7 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-7 4.4.4 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility 4-7 4.4.5 Marvell RAID utility 4-11 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-15 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-15 4.5.2 Creating...
... DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals 4-2 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.3.1 ASUS PC Probe II 4-3 4.3.2 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-4 4.3.3 Audio configurations 4-5 4.4 RAID configurations 4-6 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-6 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-7 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-7 4.4.4 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility 4-7 4.4.5 Marvell RAID utility 4-11 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-15 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-15 4.5.2 Creating...
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...DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. ** Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for Intel CPU support list Intel® X58 / ICH10R Up to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists) 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 ...SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports (black) - Intel® Matrix Storage Technology supports SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 Marvell® 88SE9128 PCIe SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller (DriveXpert Technology) - 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray) - SABERTOOTH X58 specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN USB ...
...DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. ** Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for Intel CPU support list Intel® X58 / ICH10R Up to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists) 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 ...SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports (black) - Intel® Matrix Storage Technology supports SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 Marvell® 88SE9128 PCIe SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller (DriveXpert Technology) - 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray) - SABERTOOTH X58 specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN USB ...
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... 6.0 Gb/s RAID support ASUS Q-Connector ASUS Q-Shield ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) ASUS Q-Slot ASUS Q-DIMM ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS MyLogo 2™ ASUS O.C. Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking - ASUS Noise Filter "TUF...x Power eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port (green) 1 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port (red) 8-channel Audio I /O - ASUS Fan Xpert "Safe & Stable!" SABERTOOTH X58 specifications summary Audio Exclusive TUF features Other special features Back panel I/O ports Realtek® ALC892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC...
... 6.0 Gb/s RAID support ASUS Q-Connector ASUS Q-Shield ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) ASUS Q-Slot ASUS Q-DIMM ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS MyLogo 2™ ASUS O.C. Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking - ASUS Noise Filter "TUF...x Power eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port (green) 1 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port (red) 8-channel Audio I /O - ASUS Fan Xpert "Safe & Stable!" SABERTOOTH X58 specifications summary Audio Exclusive TUF features Other special features Back panel I/O ports Realtek® ALC892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC...
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... the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world. True Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s RAID support Supporting the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to...1: Product Introduction Intel® Core™ i7 processor is in multiple GPU configurations. SABERTOOTH X58 brings you 've never experienced before! Expect a brand-new gaming style you the multi...Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with integrated memory controller to -point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Intel® X58 Chipset The Intel® X58 ...
... the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world. True Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s RAID support Supporting the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to...1: Product Introduction Intel® Core™ i7 processor is in multiple GPU configurations. SABERTOOTH X58 brings you 've never experienced before! Expect a brand-new gaming style you the multi...Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with integrated memory controller to -point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Intel® X58 Chipset The Intel® X58 ...
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... These connectors are set , refer to section 4.4 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 2-29 Intel® ICH10R Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ...disk drives to [AHCI]. See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set to [RAID]. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard ...
... These connectors are set , refer to section 4.4 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 2-29 Intel® ICH10R Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ...disk drives to [AHCI]. See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set to [RAID]. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard ...
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... hard disk drives. • Press + during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a RAID configuration. • If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using hot-plug and NCQ, set to [AHCI Mode]. When...
... hard disk drives. • Press + during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a RAID configuration. • If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using hot-plug and NCQ, set to [AHCI Mode]. When...
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Select an item then press to internally optimize the order of commands. Main SABERTOOTH X58 BIOS Setup Storage Configuration SATA Configuration Configure SATA as [Enhanced] [IDE] Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] SATA Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] SATA Configuration [... (Advanced Host Controller Interface). 3.4.2 Storage Configuration The Storage Configuration menu allows you to set the SATA Configuration item to [Enhanced] or [Compatible]. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Allows you to...
Select an item then press to internally optimize the order of commands. Main SABERTOOTH X58 BIOS Setup Storage Configuration SATA Configuration Configure SATA as [Enhanced] [IDE] Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] SATA Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] SATA Configuration [... (Advanced Host Controller Interface). 3.4.2 Storage Configuration The Storage Configuration menu allows you to set the SATA Configuration item to [Enhanced] or [Compatible]. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Allows you to...
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... at any time without notice. Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to change at www.asus.com for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD into the optical drive. The Manual menu contains the ... ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Click an item to install Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-1 The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system This motherboard supports Windows®...
... at any time without notice. Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to change at www.asus.com for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD into the optical drive. The Manual menu contains the ... ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Click an item to install Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-1 The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system This motherboard supports Windows®...
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...is best suited 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, you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 functions to Windows® XP / Vista limitation, a RAID array with the Intel® ...sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you get higher performance, capacity, or fault tolerance provided by the difference RAID function. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. You can be created by the ICH10R chip allows you have to configure Serial ATA hard disk ...
...is best suited 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, you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 functions to Windows® XP / Vista limitation, a RAID array with the Intel® ...sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you get higher performance, capacity, or fault tolerance provided by the difference RAID function. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. You can be created by the ICH10R chip allows you have to configure Serial ATA hard disk ...
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...149.0GB 149.0GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Chapter 4 [↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-7 Connect a SATA power cable to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. To do this: 1. Refer to ...the power connector on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup. During POST, press + to [RAID]. 4. Turn on the system. 2. For...
...149.0GB 149.0GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Chapter 4 [↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-7 Connect a SATA power cable to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. To do this: 1. Refer to ...the power connector on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup. During POST, press + to [RAID]. 4. Turn on the system. 2. For...
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...ST3160812AS 3 ST3160812AS [ SELECT DISKS ] Serial # 9LS0HJA4 9LS0F4HL 3LS0JYL8 9LS0BJ5H Size 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB Status Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 6 disks to use in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on ...ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you want to include in the RAID set. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done Chapter 4 4-8 Chapter 4: Software...
...ST3160812AS 3 ST3160812AS [ SELECT DISKS ] Serial # 9LS0HJA4 9LS0F4HL 3LS0JYL8 9LS0BJ5H Size 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB Status Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 6 disks to use in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on ...ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you want to include in the RAID set. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done Chapter 4 4-8 Chapter 4: Software...
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...When the Capacity item is selected, press . When the Create Volume item is selected, enter the RAID volume capacity that you want and press . Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-9 Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or to go back to select the stripe size for ...the RAID array (for audio and video editing. 7. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Are you sure you...
...When the Capacity item is selected, press . When the Create Volume item is selected, enter the RAID volume capacity that you want and press . Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-9 Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or to go back to select the stripe size for ...the RAID array (for audio and video editing. 7. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Are you sure you...
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... the hard disk drives when you want to delete volume "Volume0"? (Y/N): 3. From the utility main menu, select 4. Deleting a RAID set Take caution when deleting a RAID set and return to the utility main menu, or press to return to the DELETE VOLUME menu. WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL...option ROM v8.0.0.1038 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. The following warning message appears: [ CONFIRM EXIT ] Are you sure you delete a RAID set : 1. You will reset the disks to the utility main menu. 4-10 Chapter 4: Software support Chapter 4 Press to exit or press to ...
... the hard disk drives when you want to delete volume "Volume0"? (Y/N): 3. From the utility main menu, select 4. Deleting a RAID set Take caution when deleting a RAID set and return to the utility main menu, or press to return to the DELETE VOLUME menu. WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL...option ROM v8.0.0.1038 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. The following warning message appears: [ CONFIRM EXIT ] Are you sure you delete a RAID set : 1. You will reset the disks to the utility main menu. 4-10 Chapter 4: Software support Chapter 4 Press to exit or press to ...
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...: Select F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return 3. After selecting all your data in your motherboard user manual for the RAID array, press to continue. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-11 Refer to Chapter 2 of your hard disk drives before making any change to the drive status. ENTER: Operation... F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return Create a RAID Array 1. Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. An asterisk (*) appears in...
...: Select F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return 3. After selecting all your data in your motherboard user manual for the RAID array, press to continue. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-11 Refer to Chapter 2 of your hard disk drives before making any change to the drive status. ENTER: Operation... F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return Create a RAID Array 1. Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. An asterisk (*) appears in...
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... characters) for applications requiring large data transfers such as audio, video, and graphics. A smaller stripe size is recommended for the RAID array. 5. Move the selection bar to create this virtual disk ? Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Configure...Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk HBA 0: Marvell 0 ├ Virtual Disks └ Free Physical Disks * ├ PD 0: ST3160812AS * └ PD 8: ST3160812AS RAID Level : RAID 0 Max Size(MB) : 305253 Stripe Size : 64KB Gigabyte Rounding : 1G Quick Init : Yes VD Name : Default Disks ID : 0 B Next ...
... characters) for applications requiring large data transfers such as audio, video, and graphics. A smaller stripe size is recommended for the RAID array. 5. Move the selection bar to create this virtual disk ? Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Configure...Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk HBA 0: Marvell 0 ├ Virtual Disks └ Free Physical Disks * ├ PD 0: ST3160812AS * └ PD 8: ST3160812AS RAID Level : RAID 0 Max Size(MB) : 305253 Stripe Size : 64KB Gigabyte Rounding : 1G Quick Init : Yes VD Name : Default Disks ID : 0 B Next ...
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Press . Delete an existing RAID Array 1. Select the RAID array to exit from Marvell BIOS Setup? Select Delete and press . ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-13 ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return 6. Topology Information HBA 0: Marvell... 0 ID ├ Virtual Disks Name │ └ VD 0: New_VD Status │ ├ PD 0: ST3160[8D1e2lAeSte]Stripte Size │ └ PD 8: ST3160812AS RAID Mode...
Press . Delete an existing RAID Array 1. Select the RAID array to exit from Marvell BIOS Setup? Select Delete and press . ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-13 ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return 6. Topology Information HBA 0: Marvell... 0 ID ├ Virtual Disks Name │ └ VD 0: New_VD Status │ ├ PD 0: ST3160[8D1e2lAeSte]Stripte Size │ └ PD 8: ST3160812AS RAID Mode...
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...warning message appears: Delete Virtual Disk Do you want to delete MBR from this virtual disk ? Yes No Press to delete the selected RAID array. The following warning message appears: Delete MBR Do you want to delete this virtual disk ? Yes No Press to exit from the... selected RAID array. 3. Yes No Press to save the RAID setting and exit the Marvell RAID utility. The following warning message appears: Exit Do you want to delete the Master Boot Record (MBR)...
...warning message appears: Delete Virtual Disk Do you want to delete MBR from this virtual disk ? Yes No Press to delete the selected RAID array. The following warning message appears: Delete MBR Do you want to delete this virtual disk ? Yes No Press to exit from the... selected RAID array. 3. Yes No Press to save the RAID setting and exit the Marvell RAID utility. The following warning message appears: Exit Do you want to delete the Master Boot Record (MBR)...
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...USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Write-protect the floppy disk to complete the process. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-15 To work around this OS limitation, refer to create a 32/64bit Intel ICH10R RAID driver disk. 7. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Select USB floppy disk.... 6. When the Make Disk menu appears, press or 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/SATA driver disk without entering the OS 1. Go to the Make disk menu, and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit...
...USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Write-protect the floppy disk to complete the process. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-15 To work around this OS limitation, refer to create a 32/64bit Intel ICH10R RAID driver disk. 7. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Select USB floppy disk.... 6. When the Make Disk menu appears, press or 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/SATA driver disk without entering the OS 1. Go to the Make disk menu, and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit...
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... XP 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you have to use another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Chapter 4 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to complete ...the installation. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. During the OS ...
... XP 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you have to use another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Chapter 4 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to complete ...the installation. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. During the OS ...
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... and then select Manage from the pop-up window. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from a floppy disk during the OS installation. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows® XP may... different vendors. 4. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-17 The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor...
... and then select Manage from the pop-up window. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from a floppy disk during the OS installation. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows® XP may... different vendors. 4. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 4-17 The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor...