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MS-7612 User Settings 3-25 M-Flash 3-26 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-29 Appendix A Realtek Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B NVIDIA RAID B-1 Introduction B-2 RAID Configuration B-3 Installing Driver B-7 NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation B-8 Using the NVMediaShield Software B-11 Appendix C Overclocking Center C-1 Activating Overclocking Center C-2 System Info C-3 DOT C-5 ix
MS-7612 User Settings 3-25 M-Flash 3-26 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-29 Appendix A Realtek Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 Appendix B NVIDIA RAID B-1 Introduction B-2 RAID Configuration B-3 Installing Driver B-7 NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation B-8 Using the NVMediaShield Software B-11 Appendix C Overclocking Center C-1 Activating Overclocking Center C-2 System Info C-3 DOT C-5 ix
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... SDRAM (total 16 GB Max) ■ 4 DDR3 DIMMs (240-pin/ 1.5V) *(For more information on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=testreport) LAN ■ Supports Gb LAN (10/100/1000) Realtek® RTL8211CL 1394 (optional) ■ Chip integrated by VIA...■ Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode SATA ■ 6 SATAII ports ■ Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3 Gb/s RAID ■ 6 SATAII ports support RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1/ 5 or JBOD mode 1-2 ▍ Getting Started Mainboard Specifications Processor Support ■ AMD® 64 bits PhenomTM II X3/ X4...
... SDRAM (total 16 GB Max) ■ 4 DDR3 DIMMs (240-pin/ 1.5V) *(For more information on compatible components, please visit http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=testreport) LAN ■ Supports Gb LAN (10/100/1000) Realtek® RTL8211CL 1394 (optional) ■ Chip integrated by VIA...■ Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode SATA ■ 6 SATAII ports ■ Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3 Gb/s RAID ■ 6 SATAII ports support RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1/ 5 or JBOD mode 1-2 ▍ Getting Started Mainboard Specifications Processor Support ■ AMD® 64 bits PhenomTM II X3/ X4...
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... PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives. ▶ On-Chip SATA Controller This item allows users to enable or disable the SATA controller. ▶ RAID Mode This item is a built-in the EPP mode simultaneously, choose [EPP].
... PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives. ▶ On-Chip SATA Controller This item allows users to enable or disable the SATA controller. ▶ RAID Mode This item is a built-in the EPP mode simultaneously, choose [EPP].
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For all levels, RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by the world's leading businesses-to offer data protection. B-B-1 This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to the common PC desktop. Appendix B NVIDIA RAID NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology-which is used by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource.
For all levels, RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by the world's leading businesses-to offer data protection. B-B-1 This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to the common PC desktop. Appendix B NVIDIA RAID NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology-which is used by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource.
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...perfor- 100% data redun- Optimized for the storage mance. dancy and perfor- Allow spare the same as RAID disks. for the storage capacity environ- RAID 0+1 Critical data requir- disk space. Combines and used in using drives concurrently or to performance. Decreases ...Spanning (JBOD): JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes into one large disk Summary of RAID Configurations Array Uses Advantages Drawbacks #Hard Disks RAID 0 Non-critical data requiring high performance. space of 1 drive - JBOD Combining odd size drives into ...
...perfor- 100% data redun- Optimized for the storage mance. dancy and perfor- Allow spare the same as RAID disks. for the storage capacity environ- RAID 0+1 Critical data requir- disk space. Combines and used in using drives concurrently or to performance. Decreases ...Spanning (JBOD): JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes into one large disk Summary of RAID Configurations Array Uses Advantages Drawbacks #Hard Disks RAID 0 Non-critical data requiring high performance. space of 1 drive - JBOD Combining odd size drives into ...
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... prompting you want to Optimal. Define a New Array window will reboot right away. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Striping and Mirroring (RAID 0+1), RAID 5 or JBOD and create the desired RAID array. 3. Bootable RAID Array 1. Boot from the Windows CD, use the floppy disk that are to set to make part of the system...
... prompting you want to Optimal. Define a New Array window will reboot right away. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Striping and Mirroring (RAID 0+1), RAID 5 or JBOD and create the desired RAID array. 3. Bootable RAID Array 1. Boot from the Windows CD, use the floppy disk that are to set to make part of the system...
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... the "Define a New Array" Window Use the Define a New Array window to ■ Select the RAID Mode ■ Set up the Striping Block ■ Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array The SATA ports are called channels and they are considered to be Master since there is a one connection between...
... the "Define a New Array" Window Use the Define a New Array window to ■ Select the RAID Mode ■ Set up the Striping Block ■ Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array The SATA ports are called channels and they are considered to be Master since there is a one connection between...
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... RAID1 array disks in the Free Disks block. Continue pressing the right-arrow key (--> ) until all the disks that you want to be used as RAID array disks appear in kilobytes, and affects how data is selected. 2. B-5 either [Mirroring], [Striping], [RAID5], [Spanning], or [Stripe Mirroring]. ■ Selecting... disk. The first disk in the list is set to be moved. 3. Move it from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the figure above. These are available for use as a RAID array disk, 1. To designate a free disk to [Mirroring]. It shows that are the drives that...
... RAID1 array disks in the Free Disks block. Continue pressing the right-arrow key (--> ) until all the disks that you want to be used as RAID array disks appear in kilobytes, and affects how data is selected. 2. B-5 either [Mirroring], [Striping], [RAID5], [Spanning], or [Stripe Mirroring]. ■ Selecting... disk. The first disk in the list is set to be moved. 3. Move it from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the figure above. These are available for use as a RAID array disk, 1. To designate a free disk to [Mirroring]. It shows that are the drives that...
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... that you have set up . 3. The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected, such as Stripe Block, RAID Mode, Stripe Width, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity. 5. The Array Detail window appears. 4. Press Enter again to go back to the previous window...Software Under Windows" on B-8. B-6 Press Y if you want to wipe out all the data from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to select the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID array, otherwise press N. Use the arrow keys to configure and load NVRAID drivers under Windows, as...
... that you have set up . 3. The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected, such as Stripe Block, RAID Mode, Stripe Width, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity. 5. The Array Detail window appears. 4. Press Enter again to go back to the previous window...Software Under Windows" on B-8. B-6 Press Y if you want to wipe out all the data from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to select the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID array, otherwise press N. Use the arrow keys to configure and load NVRAID drivers under Windows, as...
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... shown a list of Windows setup. 2. Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller" and then press ENTER. 8. After that hard drive. a] Insert the MSI DVD into the A: drive, and then press ENTER. c] For Windows XP, copy all the contents in the \\nVidia\System\MCP72\IDE\WinXP\Sataraid... a formatted floppy disk. or Windows XP, copy all the contents in the \\chipset\nVidia\Vista32\MCP72\IDE\WinVista\Sataraid to make a RAID Driver medium. For Windows Vista: During the operating system installation, after selecting the location to install Windows Vista, please click on how to...
... shown a list of Windows setup. 2. Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller" and then press ENTER. 8. After that hard drive. a] Insert the MSI DVD into the A: drive, and then press ENTER. c] For Windows XP, copy all the contents in the \\nVidia\System\MCP72\IDE\WinXP\Sataraid... a formatted floppy disk. or Windows XP, copy all the contents in the \\chipset\nVidia\Vista32\MCP72\IDE\WinVista\Sataraid to make a RAID Driver medium. For Windows Vista: During the operating system installation, after selecting the location to install Windows Vista, please click on how to...
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... and then follow the instructions. 4. After the installation is selected. B-8 ▍ NVIDIA RAID NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) The existing Windows Serial ATA driver must install the NVIDIA Storage driver in order to... PC. 5. If you do not install the NVIDIA Storage driver, NVIDIA MediaShield will upgrade the Windows SATA driver and install the RAID software. 1. After the reboot, initialize the newly created array. Select the NVIDIA MediaShield. This section describes how to open the...
... and then follow the instructions. 4. After the installation is selected. B-8 ▍ NVIDIA RAID NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA MediaShield Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) The existing Windows Serial ATA driver must install the NVIDIA Storage driver in order to... PC. 5. If you do not install the NVIDIA Storage driver, NVIDIA MediaShield will upgrade the Windows SATA driver and install the RAID software. 1. After the reboot, initialize the newly created array. Select the NVIDIA MediaShield. This section describes how to open the...
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Click Next. MS-7612 Initializing and Using the Disk Array The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under the "Storage" section). B-9 Click Next. Click "Disk Management" (under Windows. 1. The Select Disks to Convert window appears. The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears. 3. The disks listed depend on "Computer Management". 2. Launch Computer Management by clicking "Start" --> "Settings" --> "Control Panel" then open the "Administrative Tools" folder and double click on how many arrays you have configured. 4. The Select Disks to Initialize window appears.
Click Next. MS-7612 Initializing and Using the Disk Array The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under the "Storage" section). B-9 Click Next. Click "Disk Management" (under Windows. 1. The Select Disks to Convert window appears. The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears. 3. The disks listed depend on "Computer Management". 2. Launch Computer Management by clicking "Start" --> "Settings" --> "Control Panel" then open the "Administrative Tools" folder and double click on how many arrays you have configured. 4. The Select Disks to Initialize window appears.
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▍ NVIDIA RAID 5. B-10 The "Computer Management" window appears. Right click "Unallocated space" select "New Partition..." After the drive has been formatted, it . 7. Click Finish. You must format ...
▍ NVIDIA RAID 5. B-10 The "Computer Management" window appears. Right click "Unallocated space" select "New Partition..." After the drive has been formatted, it . 7. Click Finish. You must format ...
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...other drives in the background so as not to any fault-tolerant array such as RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5 Arrays. Rebuild an Array About Rebuilding Rebuilding is available only if RAID arrays have a three disk RAID 5 array and one of the system. Rebuilding applies only to start the Delete... Array Wizard and then follow instructions. Click Synchronize array to fault-tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, 0+1 and RAID 5. B-12 Synchronize an Array Synchronizing an array will need to replace the failed drive with a new one, and rebuild the ...
...other drives in the background so as not to any fault-tolerant array such as RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5 Arrays. Rebuild an Array About Rebuilding Rebuilding is available only if RAID arrays have a three disk RAID 5 array and one of the system. Rebuilding applies only to start the Delete... Array Wizard and then follow instructions. Click Synchronize array to fault-tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, 0+1 and RAID 5. B-12 Synchronize an Array Synchronizing an array will need to replace the failed drive with a new one, and rebuild the ...
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... are met. ■ There must be at least two fault tolerant arrays already created. ■ There must also have at least two RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5 arrays created. The dedicated disk can be used only by the array that it for a failed disk. To mark a disk as ...step instructions. Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is used as a free disk. Instructions Click Designate spare to a RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5 array. MediaShield RAID supports two types of spare drives: Free Disk A free disk is a disk that array. Requirements for Designating a Spare Disk The ...
... are met. ■ There must be at least two fault tolerant arrays already created. ■ There must also have at least two RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5 arrays created. The dedicated disk can be used only by the array that it for a failed disk. To mark a disk as ...step instructions. Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is used as a free disk. Instructions Click Designate spare to a RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5 array. MediaShield RAID supports two types of spare drives: Free Disk A free disk is a disk that array. Requirements for Designating a Spare Disk The ...
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... involves multiple steps. The user must back up your data, repartition the array using GPT, then restore your data to have a a RAID array with a spare disk allocated to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with step-by-step instructions. General Migrating Requirements... ■ The new array capacity must be less than 2 TB storage. From RAID 1 to a new RAID configuration, the process of the disk or array to access the additional storage above 2 TB in the original array. ■ You cannot...
... involves multiple steps. The user must back up your data, repartition the array using GPT, then restore your data to have a a RAID array with a spare disk allocated to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with step-by-step instructions. General Migrating Requirements... ■ The new array capacity must be less than 2 TB storage. From RAID 1 to a new RAID configuration, the process of the disk or array to access the additional storage above 2 TB in the original array. ■ You cannot...
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... must be equal to or greater than twice the number of RAID 0+1 disks. ** Not a valid combination ** ** Not a valid combination ** m >= (n/2 + 1) m >= n - 1 ** Not a valid combination ** m >= 2 x (n-1) ; where m is an even number of disk in the new array must include two disks, converted from a one disk RAID 0 array. From RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 To RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 New Array Disk Requirements m > n Number of disks...
... must be equal to or greater than twice the number of RAID 0+1 disks. ** Not a valid combination ** ** Not a valid combination ** m >= (n/2 + 1) m >= n - 1 ** Not a valid combination ** m >= 2 x (n-1) ; where m is an even number of disk in the new array must include two disks, converted from a one disk RAID 0 array. From RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 To RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 New Array Disk Requirements m > n Number of disks...
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...in disk drive specifications. It is a problem that allows software to run the SMART test. 4. Click Apply when done. B-16 ▍ NVIDIA RAID Using the SMART Disk Feature S.M.A.R.T. Click the Polling interval list arrow and then select one of the last polling) the disk is healthy (good) or... whether there is a disk drive feature that can result in a RAID array and alerts you when certain degradations indicate an impending hardware failure, giving you want MediaShield to monitor degradations in the system log check ...
...in disk drive specifications. It is a problem that allows software to run the SMART test. 4. Click Apply when done. B-16 ▍ NVIDIA RAID Using the SMART Disk Feature S.M.A.R.T. Click the Polling interval list arrow and then select one of the last polling) the disk is healthy (good) or... whether there is a disk drive feature that can result in a RAID array and alerts you when certain degradations indicate an impending hardware failure, giving you want MediaShield to monitor degradations in the system log check ...