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... 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 must be installed to make it work as a cache of the hard disk. Installing a ... 64 GB, the space beyond 64 GB can still be lost once you will be used for your computer and press to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. Set PCH SATA Control Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to the SATA disk 4. The actual BIOS Setup...
... 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 must be installed to make it work as a cache of the hard disk. Installing a ... 64 GB, the space beyond 64 GB can still be lost once you will be used for your computer and press to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. Set PCH SATA Control Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to the SATA disk 4. The actual BIOS Setup...
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...; 2 73 4-5 Q-Share...75 4-6 Smart 6™ ...76 4-7 Auto Green...80 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 81 4-9 Cloud OC...82 Chapter 5 Appendix...83 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 83 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 83 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controller 91 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 97 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 106...
...; 2 73 4-5 Q-Share...75 4-6 Smart 6™ ...76 4-7 Auto Green...80 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 81 4-9 Cloud OC...82 Chapter 5 Appendix...83 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 83 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 83 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controller 91 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 97 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 106...
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... DP_HDMI_SPDIF ESATA_1394_USB PWR_FAN USB30_LAN Etron SPDIF_O EJ168 AUDIO CPU_FAN F_AUDIO Realtek RTL8111E PCIEX16 PCIEX1_1 B_BIOS M_BIOS GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 PCIEX1_2 DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 TPM ATX GSATA3_6 GSATA3_5 CODEC PCIEX1_3 BAT PCIEX8 PCI1 iTE IT8728 PCI2 COMA Intel® Z68 Marvell 88SE9172 PCIe to PCI Bridge F_1394 VIA VT6308 SYS_FAN2 SATA2_4 Etron EJ168 CLR_CMOS SATA3_1...
... DP_HDMI_SPDIF ESATA_1394_USB PWR_FAN USB30_LAN Etron SPDIF_O EJ168 AUDIO CPU_FAN F_AUDIO Realtek RTL8111E PCIEX16 PCIEX1_1 B_BIOS M_BIOS GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 PCIEX1_2 DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 TPM ATX GSATA3_6 GSATA3_5 CODEC PCIEX1_3 BAT PCIEX8 PCI1 iTE IT8728 PCI2 COMA Intel® Z68 Marvell 88SE9172 PCIe to PCI Bridge F_1394 VIA VT6308 SYS_FAN2 SATA2_4 Etron EJ168 CLR_CMOS SATA3_1...
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GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 2 PCI Express x8 or PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (133 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/ 1333/... VIA VT6308 DMI Interface LAN 2 SATA 6Gb/s RJ45 Realtek RTL8111E x1 Marvell 88SE9172 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) PCI Express Bus Dual BIOS 2 SATA 6Gb/s Intel® Z68 4 SATA 3Gb/s 12 USB 2.0/1.1 CODEC LPC iTE Bus IT8728 COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 IEEE 1394a Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side...
GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 2 PCI Express x8 or PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (133 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/ 1333/... VIA VT6308 DMI Interface LAN 2 SATA 6Gb/s RJ45 Realtek RTL8111E x1 Marvell 88SE9172 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) PCI Express Bus Dual BIOS 2 SATA 6Gb/s Intel® Z68 4 SATA 3Gb/s 12 USB 2.0/1.1 CODEC LPC iTE Bus IT8728 COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 IEEE 1394a Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side...
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.../Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z68... modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated in the PCIEX16 slot. 1 x PCI...
.../Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z68... modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated in the PCIEX16 slot. 1 x PCI...
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... is one of the new generation interface technologies that supports DisplayPort to this port. Refer to the HDMI settings information on configuring a RAID array. The Intel Z68 Chipset supports RAID function.
... is one of the new generation interface technologies that supports DisplayPort to this port. Refer to the HDMI settings information on configuring a RAID array. The Intel Z68 Chipset supports RAID function.
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... a single SATA device. Refer to your SATA hard drive. •• A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. The Intel Z68 Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, BUG RT RAID5, and RAID 10. RAID 5 and RAID 10 can be an even number.) •• A RAID...G.QBOFM SATA3_1 7 1 7 1 SATA3_0 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND DEBUG PORT 8) SATA2_2/3/4 (SATA 3Gb/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 number...
... a single SATA device. Refer to your SATA hard drive. •• A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. The Intel Z68 Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, BUG RT RAID5, and RAID 10. RAID 5 and RAID 10 can be an even number.) •• A RAID...G.QBOFM SATA3_1 7 1 7 1 SATA3_0 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND DEBUG PORT 8) SATA2_2/3/4 (SATA 3Gb/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 number...
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...: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables the X.H.D function for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel Z68 Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to AHCI mode. AHCI Configures the SATA controllers to Chaper...
...: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables the X.H.D function for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel Z68 Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to AHCI mode. AHCI Configures the SATA controllers to Chaper...
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... port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA3_0, SATA3_1 (Note 3), SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and eSATA ports are supported by the Z68 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want...8226; A USB 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. Appendix B. Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to create RAID, you do not want to ...
... port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA3_0, SATA3_1 (Note 3), SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and eSATA ports are supported by the Z68 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want...8226; A USB 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. Appendix B. Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to create RAID, you do not want to ...
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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 are ready to install Windows 7/Vista/XP. The locations of the driver. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA...
...\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 are ready to install Windows 7/Vista/XP. The locations of the driver. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA...
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...folder to your computer first because you need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the menu in Figure 2, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit operat- For AHCI mode, depending on whether you 're using a USB ... XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to that contains the driver during the Windows setup process. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all files in the BootDrv folder. Figure 2 Appendix - 98 - B. First, copy the driver from the menu and press . or 64-bit...
...folder to your computer first because you need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the menu in Figure 2, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit operat- For AHCI mode, depending on whether you 're using a USB ... XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to that contains the driver during the Windows setup process. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all files in the BootDrv folder. Figure 2 Appendix - 98 - B. First, copy the driver from the menu and press . or 64-bit...
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...Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. Appendix Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. Select Intel... by an adapter manufacturer. Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will then appear asking you need to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the Windows XP setup...
...Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. Appendix Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. Select Intel... by an adapter manufacturer. Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will then appear asking you need to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the Windows XP setup...
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... do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Option ROM - 10.0.0.1008 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Appendix Create RAID Volume[ DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED3]. Delete RAID Volume 5. Create RAID Volume 2. C. Reset Disks to a hard drive...screen appears, indicating that an automatic rebuild will be performed after 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 ...
... do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Option ROM - 10.0.0.1008 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Appendix Create RAID Volume[ DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED3]. Delete RAID Volume 5. Create RAID Volume 2. C. Reset Disks to a hard drive...screen appears, indicating that an automatic rebuild will be performed after 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 ...