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... system directly without RAID functions, there is located in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for Windows" in Windows environment. STEP 4: Then you will lose ALL data in it! Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to set...setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you want to install Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows XP 64bit on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, you will start to make a SATA driver diskette. Please insert a floppy diskette into...
... system directly without RAID functions, there is located in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for Windows" in Windows environment. STEP 4: Then you will lose ALL data in it! Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to set...setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you want to install Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows XP 64bit on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, you will start to make a SATA driver diskette. Please insert a floppy diskette into...
RAID Installation Guide
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... 2004 NVIDIA Corp. 2.3 BIOS Setup Utility 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Setup Utility After the system powers on, press key to [RAID]. After the below window appears, please press to enter RAID setup utility . . . 7 Press F10 to enter the NVIDIA RAID Utility. Highlight Advanced and press , then... UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA1 SATA2 [Both] [Enabled] [RAID] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Config SATA ...
... 2004 NVIDIA Corp. 2.3 BIOS Setup Utility 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Setup Utility After the system powers on, press key to [RAID]. After the below window appears, please press to enter RAID setup utility . . . 7 Press F10 to enter the NVIDIA RAID Utility. Highlight Advanced and press , then... UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA1 SATA2 [Both] [Enabled] [RAID] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Config SATA ...
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... UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA1 SATA2 [Both] [Enabled] [RAID] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Config SATA operation... you see the RAID software prompting you to enter RAID setup utility . . . Then, the below window appears. Please set the option SATA Opera tion Mode to press before the window disappears. 8 NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.81 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. You have a few seconds...
... UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA1 SATA2 [Both] [Enabled] [RAID] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Config SATA operation... you see the RAID software prompting you to enter RAID setup utility . . . Then, the below window appears. Please set the option SATA Opera tion Mode to press before the window disappears. 8 NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.81 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. You have a few seconds...
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RAID Mode : Mirroring Free Disks Loc Disk 1.0.M Maxt 1.1.M Maxt Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning Stripimg Block : Optimal Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name [ ]Add [ ]Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup 9 By default, RAID Mode is set it to Striping if you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - And the Striping Block is set to Mirroring, but please set to Optimal as default. NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 - Define a New Array window appears. Define a New Array - After you want to create RAID 0.
RAID Mode : Mirroring Free Disks Loc Disk 1.0.M Maxt 1.1.M Maxt Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning Stripimg Block : Optimal Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name [ ]Add [ ]Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup 9 By default, RAID Mode is set it to Striping if you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - And the Striping Block is set to Mirroring, but please set to Optimal as default. NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 - Define a New Array window appears. Define a New Array - After you want to create RAID 0.
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... ATA drives while channel 1 is given in the Loc (location) columns of each channel has a slave and a master. M Channel 1, controller 1, Master Finally, the Array List window appears, where you can have set up.
... ATA drives while channel 1 is given in the Loc (location) columns of each channel has a slave and a master. M Channel 1, controller 1, Master Finally, the Array List window appears, where you can have set up.
RAID Installation Guide
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.... Highlight Advanced and press , then the main interface of the system POST and boot process prior to press before the window disappears. 12 Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE... Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA1 SATA2 [Both] [Enabled] [RAID] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Config SATA...
.... Highlight Advanced and press , then the main interface of the system POST and boot process prior to press before the window disappears. 12 Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE... Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA1 SATA2 [Both] [Enabled] [RAID] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Config SATA...
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... [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Then, for the following steps, please to refer to Optimal as default. After you will see the below windows. Define a New Array window appears. And the Striping Block is set to the detail description in RAID 0. And you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - Define a New Array - RAID...
... [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Then, for the following steps, please to refer to Optimal as default. After you will see the below windows. Define a New Array window appears. And the Striping Block is set to the detail description in RAID 0. And you press , the NVIDIA RAID Utility - Define a New Array - RAID...
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... UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA1 SATA2 [Both] [Enabled] [RAID] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Config...Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. After rebooting your computer, wait until you seee the RAID software prompting you to press before the window disappears. 15 Then, the below window appears. You have a few seconds to press . Detecting array . . . 0 Healthy NVIDIA JBOD 74.54G Press F10...
... UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA1 SATA2 [Both] [Enabled] [RAID] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Config...Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. After rebooting your computer, wait until you seee the RAID software prompting you to press before the window disappears. 15 Then, the below window appears. You have a few seconds to press . Detecting array . . . 0 Healthy NVIDIA JBOD 74.54G Press F10...
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...] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Then, for the following steps, please to refer to create RAID JBOD. Define a New Array - After you will see the below windows. Define a New Array window appears. NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 -
...] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup Then, for the following steps, please to refer to create RAID JBOD. Define a New Array - After you will see the below windows. Define a New Array window appears. NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 -
RAID Utility for Windows Guide
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Please enter NVRAIDMAN by clicking on the desktop.) Then, the below screen appears. 1 Enter NVRAIDMAN RAID driver is also a "Mediashield" shortcut on Start Programs NVIDIA Corporation Mediashield Mediashield. (There is built in nVidia ALL in one driver provided in our support CD. RAID Utility for Windows 1. After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array.
Please enter NVRAIDMAN by clicking on the desktop.) Then, the below screen appears. 1 Enter NVRAIDMAN RAID driver is also a "Mediashield" shortcut on Start Programs NVIDIA Corporation Mediashield Mediashield. (There is built in nVidia ALL in one driver provided in our support CD. RAID Utility for Windows 1. After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array.
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Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application. 3. Boot to use are RAID enabled. 2. 2. To create a twodisk Striped Array do the following screen will appear. 2 Create Array and the following . 1. Creating RAID Arrays Creating RAID 0 (Striping) NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a striped array from one disk up to the maximum supported number of disks in the system.
Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application. 3. Boot to use are RAID enabled. 2. 2. To create a twodisk Striped Array do the following screen will appear. 2 Create Array and the following . 1. Creating RAID Arrays Creating RAID 0 (Striping) NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a striped array from one disk up to the maximum supported number of disks in the system.
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Creating RAID 1 (Mirroring) The NVRAIDMAN application can be used to create a Mirror Array. Data is written to both two drives, and if one drive fails then data can be recovered from the other drive. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application, then click on Create Array and the following . 1. Boot to use are RAID enabled. 2. To create a Mirrored Array, do the following screen will appear. 6 By definition, a mirrored array consists of two drives.
Creating RAID 1 (Mirroring) The NVRAIDMAN application can be used to create a Mirror Array. Data is written to both two drives, and if one drive fails then data can be recovered from the other drive. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application, then click on Create Array and the following . 1. Boot to use are RAID enabled. 2. To create a Mirrored Array, do the following screen will appear. 6 By definition, a mirrored array consists of two drives.
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Creating JBOD (Spanning) NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a Spanning Array which requires at least one disk to use are RAID enabled. 2. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to start such an array. Click Next and the following screen will appear. 3. To create a Spanning Array do the following screen will appear. 10 Boot to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application, then click on Create Array and the following : 1.
Creating JBOD (Spanning) NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a Spanning Array which requires at least one disk to use are RAID enabled. 2. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to start such an array. Click Next and the following screen will appear. 3. To create a Spanning Array do the following screen will appear. 10 Boot to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application, then click on Create Array and the following : 1.
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Go to another and then the data is synchronized between the two hard drives. 5. Then the popup menu appears. 18 Rebuilding a RAID 1 Array Rebuilding is copied from one hard drive to another . After creating a mirrored array, you can rebuild the array using the following steps: 1. All data is the process of recovering data from one hard drive to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility. 2. Right-click on Mirroring.
Go to another and then the data is synchronized between the two hard drives. 5. Then the popup menu appears. 18 Rebuilding a RAID 1 Array Rebuilding is copied from one hard drive to another . After creating a mirrored array, you can rebuild the array using the following steps: 1. All data is the process of recovering data from one hard drive to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility. 2. Right-click on Mirroring.
User Manual
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Contents 1 . Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 9 1.4 ASRock 8CH I/O 10 2 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 24 3.1 Introduction 24 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 24 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 25 3.2 Main Screen 25 3.3 Advanced Screen 26 3.3.1 ...Headers and Connectors 17 2.8 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 21 2.9 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 22 2.10 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 23 2.11 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions. 23 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 23 3 .
Contents 1 . Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 9 1.4 ASRock 8CH I/O 10 2 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 24 3.1 Introduction 24 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 24 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 25 3.2 Main Screen 25 3.3 Advanced Screen 26 3.3.1 ...Headers and Connectors 17 2.8 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 21 2.9 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 22 2.10 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 23 2.11 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions. 23 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 23 3 .
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... - 2 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID 0, 1, JBOD (Not Support "Hot Plug" function) (see CAUTION 8) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - CPU Fan Tachometer - AMI Legal BIOS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit compliant - CD in header -
... - 2 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID 0, 1, JBOD (Not Support "Hot Plug" function) (see CAUTION 8) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - CPU Fan Tachometer - AMI Legal BIOS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit compliant - CD in header -
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... 2. Since not all K8 939-pin CPU can also connect SATA hard disk to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. 8 While CPU overheat is strongly recommended to SATAII connector directly. 8. Before you are allowed to downgrade...channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Power Management for details. 3. See APPENDIX on page 23 for USB 2.0 works fine under Windows system. Please read the installation guide of the system or damage the CPU. 5. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause ...
... 2. Since not all K8 939-pin CPU can also connect SATA hard disk to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. 8 While CPU overheat is strongly recommended to SATAII connector directly. 8. Before you are allowed to downgrade...channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Power Management for details. 3. See APPENDIX on page 23 for USB 2.0 works fine under Windows system. Please read the installation guide of the system or damage the CPU. 5. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause ...
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... data in your disk is no need for boot devices selection appears. 2.10 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you just want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . C. D. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive. B. B. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to format and...
... data in your disk is no need for boot devices selection appears. 2.10 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you just want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . C. D. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive. B. B. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to format and...
User Manual
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... please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to check the installation guide in the Support CD for Windows Guide" in the fixed mode so that FSB can start to configure the RAID function, you need to set the RAID configuration by using "RAID... Utility for proper configuration. Before you start to [RAID] first. If you install Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still...
... please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to check the installation guide in the Support CD for Windows Guide" in the fixed mode so that FSB can start to configure the RAID function, you need to set the RAID configuration by using "RAID... Utility for proper configuration. Before you start to [RAID] first. If you install Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still...
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... or disable Ring-In signals to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. Ring-In Power On Use this feature under Microsoft Windows 98 / ME. (STR refers to suspend to RAM.) Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. RTC Alarm Power On Use this item...
... or disable Ring-In signals to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. Ring-In Power On Use this feature under Microsoft Windows 98 / ME. (STR refers to suspend to RAM.) Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. RTC Alarm Power On Use this item...