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... the steps below to RAID(XHD). Launching the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility to enable the Intel Smart Response Technology • The Intel Smart Response Technology requires a computer system with an Intel Z68 Chipset-based motherboard and an Intel Core series CPU. • The operating system ... system before enabling the Smart Response Technology. 1. Set PCH SATA Control Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD)...
... the steps below to RAID(XHD). Launching the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility to enable the Intel Smart Response Technology • The Intel Smart Response Technology requires a computer system with an Intel Z68 Chipset-based motherboard and an Intel Core series CPU. • The operating system ... system before enabling the Smart Response Technology. 1. Set PCH SATA Control Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD)...
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...; 2 71 4-5 Q-Share...73 4-6 Smart 6™ ...74 4-7 Auto Green...78 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 79 4-9 Cloud OC...80 Chapter 5 Appendix...81 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 81 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 81 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controller 89 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 95 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 104...
...; 2 71 4-5 Q-Share...73 4-6 Smart 6™ ...74 4-7 Auto Green...78 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 79 4-9 Cloud OC...80 Chapter 5 Appendix...81 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 81 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 81 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controller 89 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 95 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 104...
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GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS_USB R_SPDIF USB_1394 SYS_FAN1 ATX_12V_2X4 LGA1155 CPU_FAN PHASE LED R_USB R_USB30 USB_LAN AUDIO Etron EJ168 PWR_FAN ATX PCIEX1_1 B_BIOS Realtek RTL8111E CODEC VIA VT6308 PCIEX16 PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3 PCIEX8 PCI1 PCI2 DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 M_BIOS Marvell GSATA3_7 88SE9172 GSATA3_6 SATA3_1 Intel® Z68 SATA3_0 BAT SATA2_3 SATA2_2 SATA2_5 SATA2_4 PCIe to PCI Bridge Etron EJ168 iTE IT8728 SYS_FAN2 F_AUDIO CLR_CMOS F_1394 COMA F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_USB30 TPM F_PANEL SPDIF_O - 7 -
GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS_USB R_SPDIF USB_1394 SYS_FAN1 ATX_12V_2X4 LGA1155 CPU_FAN PHASE LED R_USB R_USB30 USB_LAN AUDIO Etron EJ168 PWR_FAN ATX PCIEX1_1 B_BIOS Realtek RTL8111E CODEC VIA VT6308 PCIEX16 PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3 PCIEX8 PCI1 PCI2 DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 M_BIOS Marvell GSATA3_7 88SE9172 GSATA3_6 SATA3_1 Intel® Z68 SATA3_0 BAT SATA2_3 SATA2_2 SATA2_5 SATA2_4 PCIe to PCI Bridge Etron EJ168 iTE IT8728 SYS_FAN2 F_AUDIO CLR_CMOS F_1394 COMA F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_USB30 TPM F_PANEL SPDIF_O - 7 -
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GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 Motherboard Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 1 PCI Express x16 or 2 PCI Express x8 LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/... RJ45 Marvell Realtek 88SE9172 RTL8111E PCI Express Bus x1 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) x1 x1 x1 x1 3 PCI Express x1 PCIe to PCI Bridge Intel® Z68 PCI Bus VIA VT6308 CODEC 2 IEEE 1394a 2 USB 3.0/2.0 2 USB 3.0/2.0 Etron EJ168 Etron EJ168 x1 x1 PCI Express Bus Dual BIOS 4 SATA 3Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb...
GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 Motherboard Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 1 PCI Express x16 or 2 PCI Express x8 LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/... RJ45 Marvell Realtek 88SE9172 RTL8111E PCI Express Bus x1 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) x1 x1 x1 x1 3 PCI Express x1 PCIe to PCI Bridge Intel® Z68 PCI Bus VIA VT6308 CODEC 2 IEEE 1394a 2 USB 3.0/2.0 2 USB 3.0/2.0 Etron EJ168 Etron EJ168 x1 x1 PCI Express Bus Dual BIOS 4 SATA 3Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb...
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...to be installed, be sure to install it in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z68 Express Chipset Memory Audio 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to... 32 GB of system memory * Due to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) ...
...to be installed, be sure to install it in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z68 Express Chipset Memory Audio 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to... 32 GB of system memory * Due to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) ...
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... 7 1 SATA3_0 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 8) SATA2_2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configur- If more than two hard drives are compatible with...not have to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. 7) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even ...
... 7 1 SATA3_0 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 8) SATA2_2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configur- If more than two hard drives are compatible with...not have to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. 7) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even ...
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... SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is enabled. (Default: Enabled) SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Specifies the operating mode of the integrated SATA controllers. BIOS Setup OROM UI and Banner Determines whether to RAID(XHD) ...features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) PCH SATA Control Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE ...
... SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is enabled. (Default: Enabled) SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Specifies the operating mode of the integrated SATA controllers. BIOS Setup OROM UI and Banner Determines whether to RAID(XHD) ...features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) PCH SATA Control Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE ...
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... floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers A. If there is set to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on the devices being connected...may vary depending on this motherboard, the SATA3_0, SATA3_1 (Note 3), SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 ports are supported by the Intel Z68 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your computer. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), ...
... floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers A. If there is set to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on the devices being connected...may vary depending on this motherboard, the SATA3_0, SATA3_1 (Note 3), SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 ports are supported by the Intel Z68 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your computer. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), ...
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...\AHCI\Floppy32 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy64 Step 3: When a screen as the example operating system.) For the Intel Z68: As Windows 7 and Vista already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do you want to install separate RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. A. The locations of...
...\AHCI\Floppy32 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy64 Step 3: When a screen as the example operating system.) For the Intel Z68: As Windows 7 and Vista already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do you want to install separate RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. A. The locations of...
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...will open similar to the floppy disk. B. Installing Windows XP To install Windows XP, you want to the methods below. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all files in Figure 2. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk (make sure the USB floppy disk drive is designated as drive A). Without the driver,... 64-Bit, copy the files in the 64Bit folder. • For the Marvell 88SE9172, copy all files in Figure 2, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- For example, from the menu and press . First, copy the driver from ...
...will open similar to the floppy disk. B. Installing Windows XP To install Windows XP, you want to the methods below. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all files in Figure 2. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk (make sure the USB floppy disk drive is designated as drive A). Without the driver,... 64-Bit, copy the files in the 64Bit folder. • For the Marvell 88SE9172, copy all files in Figure 2, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- For example, from the menu and press . First, copy the driver from ...
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... during the Windows setup process. Select Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller and press . Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller ... installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to the following list, or press ESC to return to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . Refer to your system to boot from the following...
... during the Windows setup process. Select Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller and press . Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller ... installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to the following list, or press ESC to return to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . Refer to your system to boot from the following...
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... rebuilt). If you do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you have equal or greater capacity than the old one.) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press +...appears after you enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Rebuilding applies only to Non-RAID 4. Selecting4. Option ROM - 10.1.0.1008 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Reset Disks to be rebuilt within the operating system. [hi]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu - 99 - Rebuilding an Array...
... rebuilt). If you do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you have equal or greater capacity than the old one.) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press +...appears after you enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Rebuilding applies only to Non-RAID 4. Selecting4. Option ROM - 10.1.0.1008 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Reset Disks to be rebuilt within the operating system. [hi]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu - 99 - Rebuilding an Array...