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... Installation Guide ...3 1.1 Introduction of RAID ...3 1.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 3 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility ...4 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 4 1.3.2 Create Disk Array ...4 1.3.3 Delete Disk Array ...7 1.3.4 Select Boot Array ...7 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 9 2.1 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000/XP/...
... Installation Guide ...3 1.1 Introduction of RAID ...3 1.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 3 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility ...4 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 4 1.3.2 Create Disk Array ...4 1.3.3 Delete Disk Array ...7 1.3.4 Select Boot Array ...7 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 9 2.1 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000/XP/...
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... of RAID. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other drive if one drive to a second drive. 1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide You are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for performance. WARNING! JBOD (Spanning) A spanning disk array is equal to store files... controller supporting RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD functions with two independent SATA channels. If you are allowed to configure RAID functions under BIOS environment. 1.1 Introduction of all applications to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate.
... of RAID. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other drive if one drive to a second drive. 1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide You are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for performance. WARNING! JBOD (Spanning) A spanning disk array is equal to store files... controller supporting RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD functions with two independent SATA channels. If you are allowed to configure RAID functions under BIOS environment. 1.1 Introduction of all applications to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate.
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...1 set up and down arrow key to highlight the Create Array command and press to call out the list of your new RAID array. 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility After the system powers on the screen. Highlight the Array Mode and press , then a list of... smaller capacity hard disk will be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you want to create, and press to enter BIOS configuration utility. The main interface of array modes will appear on , the following information will appear. Press 'Tab' key to confirm the selection. 4 Please...
...1 set up and down arrow key to highlight the Create Array command and press to call out the list of your new RAID array. 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility After the system powers on the screen. Highlight the Array Mode and press , then a list of... smaller capacity hard disk will be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you want to create, and press to enter BIOS configuration utility. The main interface of array modes will appear on , the following information will appear. Press 'Tab' key to confirm the selection. 4 Please...
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... Disk Drives" to the creation steps menu. Use the arrow key to select the disk drives and create array automatically. Select "Auto Setup" to allow BIOS to highlight the "Block Size" and press . The block size can also select a block size for the array. Just highlight the target drives that you...
... Disk Drives" to the creation steps menu. Use the arrow key to select the disk drives and create array automatically. Select "Auto Setup" to allow BIOS to highlight the "Block Size" and press . The block size can also select a block size for the array. Just highlight the target drives that you...
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... will appear: "Error: mirror's size is a limitation when using this feature. Please visit our website for the updated driver in the near future. (http://www.asrock.com) The data on source drive if you install Windows Vista/Vista 64-bit OS. otherwise the RAID 1 can't be created and a error message will... 1 WARNING!! Press Y to finish the creation, or press N to select the source and the mirror drive. If user does not want to build RAID 1 under BIOS environment if you use "Select Disk Drives" to cancel the creation.
... will appear: "Error: mirror's size is a limitation when using this feature. Please visit our website for the updated driver in the near future. (http://www.asrock.com) The data on source drive if you install Windows Vista/Vista 64-bit OS. otherwise the RAID 1 can't be created and a error message will... 1 WARNING!! Press Y to finish the creation, or press N to select the source and the mirror drive. If user does not want to build RAID 1 under BIOS environment if you use "Select Disk Drives" to cancel the creation.
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... 30 3.1 Introduction 30 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 30 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 31 3.2 Main Screen 31 3.3 Advanced Screen 31 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 32 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 35 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 38 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 ...
... 30 3.1 Introduction 30 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 30 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 31 3.2 Main Screen 31 3.3 Advanced Screen 31 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 32 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 35 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 38 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 ...
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... motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be subject to quality and endurance. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website without notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm) ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Quick Installation Guide ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Support CD One...
... motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be subject to quality and endurance. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website without notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm) ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Quick Installation Guide ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Support CD One...
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...Version) - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 6) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking. 7 Supports "Plug and Play" - Supports jumperfree - FCC, CE, WHQL WARNING Please ... devices of your own risk and expense. ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - It should be done at your system. CPU Fan Tachometer - AMI Legal BIOS - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - CPU Quiet Fan - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB ...
...Version) - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 6) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking. 7 Supports "Plug and Play" - Supports jumperfree - FCC, CE, WHQL WARNING Please ... devices of your own risk and expense. ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - It should be done at your system. CPU Fan Tachometer - AMI Legal BIOS - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - CPU Quiet Fan - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB ...
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...: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN 1 1 COM1 ATXPWR1 CHA_FAN1 VIA P4M900 Chipset PCI EXPRESS IDE1 9 Super I/O 24 23 22 21 LAN PHY 4Mb BIOS Audio CODEC CD1 1 HD_AUDIO1 7.1 CH HD PCIE1 PCI1 4CoreDX90-VSTA PCI2 USB2.0 PCI3 HDMR1 USB4_5 1 USB6_7 1 VIA VT8237A FLOPPY1 CMOS Battery CLRCMOS1 SPEAKER1 1 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN 1 HDLED RESET SATA1 SATA2 SATA...
...: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN 1 1 COM1 ATXPWR1 CHA_FAN1 VIA P4M900 Chipset PCI EXPRESS IDE1 9 Super I/O 24 23 22 21 LAN PHY 4Mb BIOS Audio CODEC CD1 1 HD_AUDIO1 7.1 CH HD PCIE1 PCI1 4CoreDX90-VSTA PCI2 USB2.0 PCI3 HDMR1 USB4_5 1 USB6_7 1 VIA VT8237A FLOPPY1 CMOS Battery CLRCMOS1 SPEAKER1 1 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN 1 HDLED RESET SATA1 SATA2 SATA...
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Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to [Enabled]. Enter BIOS Setup Utility. Set the Front Panel Control option from [Auto] to MIC2_L. Enter Windows system. CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) FAN_SPEED_CONTROL 4 CPU_FAN_SPEED 3 (see p.10, No. ...
Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to [Enabled]. Enter BIOS Setup Utility. Set the Front Panel Control option from [Auto] to MIC2_L. Enter Windows system. CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) FAN_SPEED_CONTROL 4 CPU_FAN_SPEED 3 (see p.10, No. ...
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...option to set RAID configuration. A. A. The system will see the message on your system. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. B. When you want to change. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to ...the BIOS RAID installation guide of Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information in the Support CD: ...
...option to set RAID configuration. A. A. The system will see the message on your system. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. B. When you want to change. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to ...the BIOS RAID installation guide of Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information in the Support CD: ...
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... prompted, insert the SATA driver diskette containing the VIA® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. When you see "Where do you want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA HDDs, please set RAID configuration. Enter... optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on the bottom to load the VIA® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to continue the installation. 28
... prompted, insert the SATA driver diskette containing the VIA® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. When you see "Where do you want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA HDDs, please set RAID configuration. Enter... optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on the bottom to load the VIA® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to continue the installation. 28
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... "VIA RAID Tool" in Windows® environment, please install SATA drivers from the Support CD again so that FSB can start to your system. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit / Windows® VistaTM / ... overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to the warning on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. You may set "CPU Host Frequency" option of the document in the following path in the fixed mode so that "VIA RAID Tool" ...
... "VIA RAID Tool" in Windows® environment, please install SATA drivers from the Support CD again so that FSB can start to your system. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit / Windows® VistaTM / ... overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to the warning on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. You may set "CPU Host Frequency" option of the document in the following path in the fixed mode so that "VIA RAID Tool" ...
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... is constantly being updated, the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System ... POST will continue with its test routines. You may also restart by pressing the reset button on . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing + + , or by turning the system off and...
... is constantly being updated, the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System ... POST will continue with its test routines. You may also restart by pressing the reset button on . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing + + , or by turning the system off and...
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...Hour:Minute:Second] Use this section, you may set the configurations for the following table for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Mon 03/12/2007] BIOS Version : 4CoreDX90-VSTA BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 3.40 GHz (64bit supported) Processor Speed : 3400MHz Microcode Update : F65/7 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DRD 1 DDR 2 : 512MB ...
...Hour:Minute:Second] Use this section, you may set the configurations for the following table for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Mon 03/12/2007] BIOS Version : 4CoreDX90-VSTA BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 3.40 GHz (64bit supported) Processor Speed : 3400MHz Microcode Update : F65/7 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DRD 1 DDR 2 : 512MB ...
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... operation mode [Auto] [200] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Sync. The default value is [Sync. mode] and [Async. mode]. 32 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause the system to malfunction....frequency will show in the following item. PCIE clock operation mode Use this motherboard. CPU Host Frequency While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the present CPU host frequency of Boot Failure Guard. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration IDE Configuration PCIPnP Configuration...
... operation mode [Auto] [200] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Sync. The default value is [Sync. mode] and [Async. mode]. 32 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause the system to malfunction....frequency will show in the following item. PCIE clock operation mode Use this motherboard. CPU Host Frequency While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the present CPU host frequency of Boot Failure Guard. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration IDE Configuration PCIPnP Configuration...
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... 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Auto], [Disabled], [2-Way], [4-Way], and [8-Way]. Active to CMD (Trcd) Use this option to Precharge (Tras). 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Bank Interleave Precharge to Active (Trp) Active to Precharge (Tras) Active to...
... 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Auto], [Disabled], [2-Way], [4-Way], and [8-Way]. Active to CMD (Trcd) Use this option to Precharge (Tras). 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Bank Interleave Precharge to Active (Trp) Active to Precharge (Tras) Active to...
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3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this item ...
3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this item ...
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SATA Operation Mode Use this item to enable or disable the onboard IDE controller. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller SATA Operation Mode [Enabled] [non-RAID] To enable or disable the onboard IDE controller. OnBoard ...IDE configuration for the device that you want to the configurations of "Primary IDE Slave", "Secondary IDE Master", and "Secondary IDE Slave" as well. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. If you specify. We will use...
SATA Operation Mode Use this item to enable or disable the onboard IDE controller. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller SATA Operation Mode [Enabled] [non-RAID] To enable or disable the onboard IDE controller. OnBoard ...IDE configuration for the device that you want to the configurations of "Primary IDE Slave", "Secondary IDE Master", and "Secondary IDE Slave" as well. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. If you specify. We will use...
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... hard disk drives. TYPE Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of this item is enabled, it will enhance hard disk performance by optimizing the hard disk timing. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD...
... hard disk drives. TYPE Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of this item is enabled, it will enhance hard disk performance by optimizing the hard disk timing. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD...