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... system BIOS Enter the system BIOS Setup program, set up a RAID-ready system and configure it for complex and time-consuming configurations. For a RAID 0 array that before you run the X.H.D utility, back up all motherboard drivers, including the X.H.D utility. B. eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)(Note 1), users can quickly configure a RAIDready system...
... system BIOS Enter the system BIOS Setup program, set up a RAID-ready system and configure it for complex and time-consuming configurations. For a RAID 0 array that before you run the X.H.D utility, back up all motherboard drivers, including the X.H.D utility. B. eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)(Note 1), users can quickly configure a RAIDready system...
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... Green...82 4-9 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 83 Chapter 5 Appendix...85 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 85 5-1-1 Configuring Intel P55 SATA Controllers 85 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 93 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 99 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 100 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 111 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 111 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In...
... Green...82 4-9 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 83 Chapter 5 Appendix...85 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 85 5-1-1 Configuring Intel P55 SATA Controllers 85 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 93 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 99 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 100 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 111 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 111 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In...
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...Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to IDE mode. (Default) RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controllers. SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel P55 Chipset) Specifies the operating mode of the USB functionalities below. Set this option ... Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults SATA RAID/AHCI Mode (Intel P55 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel P55 chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Disabled Allows the SATA ...
...Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to IDE mode. (Default) RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controllers. SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel P55 Chipset) Specifies the operating mode of the USB functionalities below. Set this option ... Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults SATA RAID/AHCI Mode (Intel P55 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel P55 chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Disabled Allows the SATA ...
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... will show Short and then length shown will show Open, and the length shown is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. RAID/IDE Enables RAID for the onboard parallel (LPT) port. Options are : Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3.... Note: Part 4-5 and Part 7-8 are : 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled. IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA2 chip or configures the SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. ...
... will show Short and then length shown will show Open, and the length shown is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. RAID/IDE Enables RAID for the onboard parallel (LPT) port. Options are : Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3.... Note: Part 4-5 and Part 7-8 are : 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled. IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA2 chip or configures the SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. ...
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... first physical hard drive in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows XP with... Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of it . Installation ...
... first physical hard drive in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows XP with... Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of it . Installation ...
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...- Step 2: Install the RAID driver and operating system The X.H.D utility supports Windows 7/Vista/XP. To manually set eXtreme Hard Disk (X.H.D) under the Integrated Peripherals menu to Enabled to enable RAID for RAID 0. 4-9 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) (Note..., refer to Chapter 5, "Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System." ) Step 3: Install the motherboard drivers and the X.H.D utiltiy After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) Instructions: (Note 2) ...
...- Step 2: Install the RAID driver and operating system The X.H.D utility supports Windows 7/Vista/XP. To manually set eXtreme Hard Disk (X.H.D) under the Integrated Peripherals menu to Enabled to enable RAID for RAID 0. 4-9 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) (Note..., refer to Chapter 5, "Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System." ) Step 3: Install the motherboard drivers and the X.H.D utiltiy After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) Instructions: (Note 2) ...
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... drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel P55 SATA Controllers A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives ...(to ensure optimal performance, it is set to create RAID, you may prepare only one SATA controller on your ...
... drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel P55 SATA Controllers A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives ...(to ensure optimal performance, it is set to create RAID, you may prepare only one SATA controller on your ...
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... 7) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Appendix Finally press on the Create Volume item to Non-RAID 4. When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to create the specified volume. [hi]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 6 [ENTER... DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. [ HELP ] Are you sure you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. - 89 -
... 7) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Appendix Finally press on the Create Volume item to Non-RAID 4. When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to create the specified volume. [hi]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 6 [ENTER... DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. [ HELP ] Are you sure you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. - 89 -
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...[ Main Menu ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver and operating system. Y Model Name RAID Level Capacity Status RDD0: ...GRAID 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [fgTAB]-Switch Window [hi]-Select ITEM Figure 10 [ENTER]-Action [ESC]-Exit Now, you may proceed to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Gigabyte...
...[ Main Menu ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver and operating system. Y Model Name RAID Level Capacity Status RDD0: ...GRAID 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [fgTAB]-Switch Window [hi]-Select ITEM Figure 10 [ENTER]-Action [ESC]-Exit Now, you may proceed to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Gigabyte...
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...: • For the Intel P55, type (Figure 1): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\imsm\32bit\*.* • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 2): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 In Windows mode: Figure 2 Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you need to...
...: • For the Intel P55, type (Figure 1): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\imsm\32bit\*.* • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 2): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 In Windows mode: Figure 2 Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you need to...
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...For the Intel P55: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. A. Installing ... to boot from the following list, or press ESC to return to specify additional device. 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation. Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA...
...For the Intel P55: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. A. Installing ... to boot from the following list, or press ESC to return to specify additional device. 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation. Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA...
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Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and press . Select (Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for use with the Windows XP installation. - 101 - Select the SCSI Adapter you can proceed with ... or press ESC to return to the previous screen. (Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller (Windows 2000) AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB360 Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Step 3: On the next screen...
Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and press . Select (Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for use with the Windows XP installation. - 101 - Select the SCSI Adapter you can proceed with ... or press ESC to return to the previous screen. (Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller (Windows 2000) AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB360 Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Step 3: On the next screen...
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... the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. Figure 4 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) For the Intel P55: Step 1: Restart your system and... browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\iMSM\32Bit For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to that contains the driver (Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 5). Installing...
... the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. Figure 4 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) For the Intel P55: Step 1: Restart your system and... browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\iMSM\32Bit For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to that contains the driver (Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 5). Installing...
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Figure 6 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then click Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 7). Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 6 appears, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller and click Next. Figure 7 - 103 - Appendix
Figure 6 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then click Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 7). Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 6 appears, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller and click Next. Figure 7 - 103 - Appendix
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... Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to that contains the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver (Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 9). Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system to boot from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive before ...flash drive). Note: For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver (Figure 8). Then use Method B to the 64Bit folder. For the GIGABYTE SATA2: Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\GSATA\32Bit For Windows ...
... Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to that contains the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver (Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 9). Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system to boot from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive before ...flash drive). Note: For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver (Figure 8). Then use Method B to the 64Bit folder. For the GIGABYTE SATA2: Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\GSATA\32Bit For Windows ...
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Appendix Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 10 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and click Next. Figure 10 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then click Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 11). Figure 11 - 105 -
Appendix Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 10 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and click Next. Figure 10 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then click Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 11). Figure 11 - 105 -
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Then launch the Intel Matrix Storage Console from All Programs in the operating system, make sure the chipset driver has been installed from the motherboard driver disk. Right-click on the new hard drive and select Rebuild to complete. Step 5: When the message "The rebuild was ... view of the storage device information. Step 2: The new hard drive appears under Non-RAID Hard Drive. Follow the on the rebuild volume and select Show Rebuild Progress. Appendix Step 6: After the RAID 1 volume rebuilding, click the volume and its status in the information pane will display as...
Then launch the Intel Matrix Storage Console from All Programs in the operating system, make sure the chipset driver has been installed from the motherboard driver disk. Right-click on the new hard drive and select Rebuild to complete. Step 5: When the message "The rebuild was ... view of the storage device information. Step 2: The new hard drive appears under Non-RAID Hard Drive. Follow the on the rebuild volume and select Show Rebuild Progress. Appendix Step 6: After the RAID 1 volume rebuilding, click the volume and its status in the information pane will display as...
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... the Rebuild icon in the RAID LIST block. Step 6: When finished, restart your system. • Rebuilding in the Start menu. Appendix - 110 - Step 3: Select a drive to start the RAID rebuilding process. Launch the GIGABYTE RAID CONFIGURER from All Programs in the operating system Make sure the GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller driver has been installed from the...
... the Rebuild icon in the RAID LIST block. Step 6: When finished, restart your system. • Rebuilding in the Start menu. Appendix - 110 - Step 3: Select a drive to start the RAID rebuilding process. Launch the GIGABYTE RAID CONFIGURER from All Programs in the operating system Make sure the GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller driver has been installed from the...