RAID Installation Guide
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... alone while the two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. After you make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette, press or to enter BIOS setup to RAID The term "RAID" stands for you can be re-calculated by accessing multiple physical drives simultaneously...
... alone while the two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. After you make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette, press or to enter BIOS setup to RAID The term "RAID" stands for you can be re-calculated by accessing multiple physical drives simultaneously...
RAID Installation Guide
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...selection appears. After making a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette and set RAID configuration. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for proper configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. D. Please refer ...to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . At the beginning of system boot-up BIOS. Set the "SATA ...
...selection appears. After making a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette and set RAID configuration. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for proper configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. D. Please refer ...to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . At the beginning of system boot-up BIOS. Set the "SATA ...
RAID Installation Guide
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...Storage Configuration. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to set RAID configuration. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to [RAID]. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. STEP 3: Install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA ... steps. Before you start to configure RAID function, you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on your required driver to install according to the OS you install. 1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you need...
...Storage Configuration. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to set RAID configuration. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to [RAID]. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. STEP 3: Install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA ... steps. Before you start to configure RAID function, you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on your required driver to install according to the OS you install. 1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you need...
User Manual
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... Disks Installation 29 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs 29 2.11 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide 30 2.12 Driver Installation Guide 32 2.13 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 32 2.13.1 Installing Windows®...
... Disks Installation 29 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs 29 2.11 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide 30 2.12 Driver Installation Guide 32 2.13 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 32 2.13.1 Installing Windows®...
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Software Support 60 4.1 Install Operating System 60 4.2 Support CD Information 60 4.2.1 Running Support CD 60 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 60 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 60 4.2.4 Contact Information 60 4 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 36 3.1 Introduction 36 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 36 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 37 3.2 Main Screen 37 3.3 OC ...
Software Support 60 4.1 Install Operating System 60 4.2 Support CD Information 60 4.2.1 Running Support CD 60 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 60 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 60 4.2.4 Contact Information 60 4 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 36 3.1 Introduction 36 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 36 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 37 3.2 Main Screen 37 3.3 OC ...
User Manual
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... CAUTION 15) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com WARNING Please realize that there is required) (see CAUTION 12) - Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion, ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 13...
... CAUTION 15) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com WARNING Please realize that there is required) (see CAUTION 12) - Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion, ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 13...
User Manual
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2.5 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features Dual Monitor Feature This motherboard supports dual monitor feature. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to this motherboard. 1. If you can drive same or different display contents. When you playback HDCP-protected video from our ...support CD to use dual monitor function on VGA card to your system already, you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from Blu-ray (BD) or HD-DVD disc, the content will be displayed only in one of the two monitors instead of...
2.5 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features Dual Monitor Feature This motherboard supports dual monitor feature. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to this motherboard. 1. If you can drive same or different display contents. When you playback HDCP-protected video from our ...support CD to use dual monitor function on VGA card to your system already, you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from Blu-ray (BD) or HD-DVD disc, the content will be displayed only in one of the two monitors instead of...
User Manual
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.... Enter "Share Memory" option to adjust the memory capability to [32MB], [64MB], [128MB] [256MB] or [512MB] to this monitor". Install the onboard VGA driver and the add-on PCIE2 slot. When you do not adjust the BIOS setup, the default value of the add-on PCI Express VGA card... so that you select is no need to your system. Right-click the display icon in the Display Properties dialog that you have installed the drivers already, there is less than the total capability of the multi-monitor according to be designated as appropriate for details. 2. Repeat steps C through ...
.... Enter "Share Memory" option to adjust the memory capability to [32MB], [64MB], [128MB] [256MB] or [512MB] to this monitor". Install the onboard VGA driver and the add-on PCIE2 slot. When you do not adjust the BIOS setup, the default value of the add-on PCI Express VGA card... so that you select is no need to your system. Right-click the display icon in the Display Properties dialog that you have installed the drivers already, there is less than the total capability of the multi-monitor according to be designated as appropriate for details. 2. Repeat steps C through ...
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...Vendor Chipset ATI RADEON HD2400XT RADEON HD3450 RADEON HD5450 Model POWERCOLOR HD2400 XT 256MB DDR3 POWERCOLOR AX3450 256MD2-S ATI RADEON HD5450 1GB Driver Support CD 8.70 Support CD 8.70 Support CD 8.70 Enjoy the benefit of more compatible PCI Express graphics cards, please visit... Windows® VistaTM / 7 OS, and is not available with Windows® XP OS. Press to [Enabled]. Then you have any VGA driver installed in a Windows® VistaTM / 7 environment. ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM brings multi-GPU performance capabilities by enabling an AMD 890GX integrated graphics processor...
...Vendor Chipset ATI RADEON HD2400XT RADEON HD3450 RADEON HD5450 Model POWERCOLOR HD2400 XT 256MB DDR3 POWERCOLOR AX3450 256MD2-S ATI RADEON HD5450 1GB Driver Support CD 8.70 Support CD 8.70 Support CD 8.70 Enjoy the benefit of more compatible PCI Express graphics cards, please visit... Windows® VistaTM / 7 OS, and is not available with Windows® XP OS. Press to [Enabled]. Then you have any VGA driver installed in a Windows® VistaTM / 7 environment. ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM brings multi-GPU performance capabilities by enabling an AMD 890GX integrated graphics processor...
User Manual
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...HDD Hot Plug, please check below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Please make sure the SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. The latest SATA3 driver is installed into system properly. Please follow below instructions step by the chipset because of its limitation, ..., the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is designed only for SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. SATA power cable SATA 7-pin connector Caution The SATA 15-pin power connector (Black) connect to SATA3 HDD 1x4-pin conventional...
...HDD Hot Plug, please check below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Please make sure the SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. The latest SATA3 driver is installed into system properly. Please follow below instructions step by the chipset because of its limitation, ..., the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is designed only for SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. SATA power cable SATA 7-pin connector Caution The SATA 15-pin power connector (Black) connect to SATA3 HDD 1x4-pin conventional...
User Manual
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Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your optical drive first. C. D. The system will see the message on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. E. STEP 1: Set up...64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on the support CD driver page. B. Please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 2.13.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions ...
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your optical drive first. C. D. The system will see the message on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. E. STEP 1: Set up...64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on the support CD driver page. B. Please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 2.13.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions ...
User Manual
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... 1, 2, 3, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below...your system. A. At the beginning of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to install Windows® XP ...
... 1, 2, 3, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below...your system. A. At the beginning of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to install Windows® XP ...
User Manual
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...® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. B. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. Using SATA3 HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions (AHCI mode) STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Using SATA3 HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions (IDE... mode) STEP 1: Set up BIOS. Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2.13.1 step 2 on your system. 34 Select the driver to install according to the OS you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit...
...® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. B. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. Using SATA3 HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions (AHCI mode) STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Using SATA3 HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions (IDE... mode) STEP 1: Set up BIOS. Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2.13.1 step 2 on your system. 34 Select the driver to install according to the OS you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit...
User Manual
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... use SATA Gen3, please select [Auto]. 51 SATA IDE Combined Mode This item is [Gen2]. The default value of this item to install SATA ODD driver on SATA5 and eSATA ports, please disable this item to [AHCI]. If you set "SATA Operation Mode" to enable or disable AMD AHCI BIOS ROM...
... use SATA Gen3, please select [Auto]. 51 SATA IDE Combined Mode This item is [Gen2]. The default value of this item to install SATA ODD driver on SATA5 and eSATA ports, please disable this item to [AHCI]. If you set "SATA Operation Mode" to enable or disable AMD AHCI BIOS ROM...
User Manual
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... Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in your CD-ROM drive. Refer to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects the installed devices. or you need to contact ASRock or want to know more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the...
... Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in your CD-ROM drive. Refer to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects the installed devices. or you need to contact ASRock or want to know more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the...
Quick Installation Guide
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... devices of your own risk and expense. Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - OEM and Trial; ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 13) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 9) - English 8 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 11) - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 10) - CPU...
... devices of your own risk and expense. Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - OEM and Trial; ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 13) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 9) - English 8 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 11) - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 10) - CPU...
Quick Installation Guide
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... installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to this motherboard. 1. When one of the two monitors instead of dual monitor feature without installing any add-on VGA card to your system already, you can easily enjoy the benefits of both monitors. 16 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard English Then...follow the below steps: 1. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI), you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from Blu-ray (BD) or HD-DVD disc, the content will be displayed only in one of dual monitor function after ...
... installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to this motherboard. 1. When one of the two monitors instead of dual monitor feature without installing any add-on VGA card to your system already, you can easily enjoy the benefits of both monitors. 16 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard English Then...follow the below steps: 1. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI), you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from Blu-ray (BD) or HD-DVD disc, the content will be displayed only in one of dual monitor function after ...
Quick Installation Guide
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... the add-on the I /O panel, or connect HDMI monitor cable to HDMI port on PCI Express VGA card driver to this monitor". When you have installed the drivers already, there is inserted to your system. D. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this motherboard. 4. Set up a surround display ... "Apply" or "OK" to enter BIOS setup. If you use multiple monitors with your card, one , two, three and four. 17 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard English Right-click the display icon in the Display Properties dialog that you do not adjust the BIOS setup, the default value of VGA...
... the add-on the I /O panel, or connect HDMI monitor cable to HDMI port on PCI Express VGA card driver to this monitor". When you have installed the drivers already, there is inserted to your system. D. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this motherboard. 4. Set up a surround display ... "Apply" or "OK" to enter BIOS setup. If you use multiple monitors with your card, one , two, three and four. 17 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard English Right-click the display icon in the Display Properties dialog that you do not adjust the BIOS setup, the default value of VGA...
Quick Installation Guide
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... RADEON HD2400XT RADEON HD3450 RADEON HD5450 Model POWERCOLOR HD2400 XT 256MB DDR3 POWERCOLOR AX3450 256MD2-S ATI RADEON HD5450 1GB Driver Support CD 8.70 Support CD 8.70 Support CD 8.70 Enjoy the benefit of more compatible PCI Express graphics ...refer to [Enabled]. Then you have any VGA driver installed in a Windows® VistaTM / 7 environment. 2.6 ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM Operation Guide This motherboard supports ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM feature. Step 2. English ATI Catalyst Control Center 19 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard Press to a single display for updated ...
... RADEON HD2400XT RADEON HD3450 RADEON HD5450 Model POWERCOLOR HD2400 XT 256MB DDR3 POWERCOLOR AX3450 256MD2-S ATI RADEON HD5450 1GB Driver Support CD 8.70 Support CD 8.70 Support CD 8.70 Enjoy the benefit of more compatible PCI Express graphics ...refer to [Enabled]. Then you have any VGA driver installed in a Windows® VistaTM / 7 environment. 2.6 ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM Operation Guide This motherboard supports ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM feature. Step 2. English ATI Catalyst Control Center 19 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard Press to a single display for updated ...
Quick Installation Guide
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... NCQ and Hot Plug functions (IDE mode) STEP 1: Set up to bottom side to install those required drivers. A. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [IDE]. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can work properly. 2.10 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM... port Header (9-pin COM1) (see p.2 No.26) This COM1 header supports a serial port module. 2.9 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. 25 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard English Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration.
... NCQ and Hot Plug functions (IDE mode) STEP 1: Set up to bottom side to install those required drivers. A. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [IDE]. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can work properly. 2.10 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM... port Header (9-pin COM1) (see p.2 No.26) This COM1 header supports a serial port module. 2.9 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. 25 ASRock 890GM Pro3 Motherboard English Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration.