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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. If ...• If you enable RAID mode. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will be used for your computer and press to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. English Follow the steps below to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Enabling RAID ...
... 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. If ...• If you enable RAID mode. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will be used for your computer and press to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. English Follow the steps below to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Enabling RAID ...
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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...MHz memory 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 Chipset: - 1 x D-Sub port - 1...
...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...MHz memory 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 Chipset: - 1 x D-Sub port - 1...
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... out from the connector. IEEE 1394a Port The IEEE 1394 port supports the IEEE 1394a specification, featuring high speed, high bandwidth and hotplug capabilities. The Intel Z68 Chipset supports RAID function. Hardware Installation Refer to this port. The following describes the states of the new generation interface technologies that supports DisplayPort to...
... out from the connector. IEEE 1394a Port The IEEE 1394 port supports the IEEE 1394a specification, featuring high speed, high bandwidth and hotplug capabilities. The Intel Z68 Chipset supports RAID function. Hardware Installation Refer to this port. The following describes the states of the new generation interface technologies that supports DisplayPort to...
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...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 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. The Intel Z68 Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, BUG RT RAID5, and RAID 10. G.QBOFMPin ...be used, the total number of the RAID set may vary depending on the two con- 7) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA ...
...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 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. The Intel Z68 Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, BUG RT RAID5, and RAID 10. G.QBOFMPin ...be used, the total number of the RAID set may vary depending on the two con- 7) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA ...
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... Configures the SATA controllers to IDE mode. (Default) RAID(XHD) Enables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel Z68 Chipset. OROM UI and Banner Determines whether to AHCI mode. Disabled Allows the SATA controllers to enable advanced Serial ATA features... support Native mode. (Default) BIOS Setup - 50 - 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. Set this option to Disabled if...
... Configures the SATA controllers to IDE mode. (Default) RAID(XHD) Enables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel Z68 Chipset. OROM UI and Banner Determines whether to AHCI mode. Disabled Allows the SATA controllers to enable advanced Serial ATA features... support Native mode. (Default) BIOS Setup - 50 - 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. Set this option to Disabled if...
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... 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. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. B. If you... vary depending 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 motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to the hard drive. (Note...
... 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. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. B. If you... vary depending 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 motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to the hard drive. (Note...
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...-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\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 are ready to ensure system performance and compatibility.
...-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\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 are ready to ensure system performance and compatibility.
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...floppy disk drive, make sure it is designated as drive A). or 64-bit version, copy the files in Figure 2, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit operat- First, copy the driver from a floppy disk that in the \BootDrv\Marvell...\RAID folder to your floppy disk. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all files in Figure 2. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk (if you want to the methods below. ing system. • For the Marvell...
...floppy disk drive, make sure it is designated as drive A). or 64-bit version, copy the files in Figure 2, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit operat- First, copy the driver from a floppy disk that in the \BootDrv\Marvell...\RAID folder to your floppy disk. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all files in Figure 2. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk (if you want to the methods below. ing system. • For the Marvell...
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...appear. Press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Appendix Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will then appear...driver." Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the following for use the up arrow key on the keyboard to scroll to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to...
...appear. Press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Appendix Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will then appear...driver." Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the following for use the up arrow key on the keyboard to scroll to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to...
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...enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you enter the operating system (look for rebuilding detected. Option ROM - 10.0.0.1008 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Exit 3. Recovery Volume Options RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level RAID1(Mirror) Strip Size ...WD-WMAM9W736333 Size 111.7GB 111.7GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk (0) Member Disk (0) Volumes with a new one .) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + ...
...enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you enter the operating system (look for rebuilding detected. Option ROM - 10.0.0.1008 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Exit 3. Recovery Volume Options RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level RAID1(Mirror) Strip Size ...WD-WMAM9W736333 Size 111.7GB 111.7GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk (0) Member Disk (0) Volumes with a new one .) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + ...