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... data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to one or more hard disk drives into one drive fails. After you make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, press to enter BIOS setup to set the option to the next drive automatically. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. The controller combines the performance...
... data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to one or more hard disk drives into one drive fails. After you make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, press to enter BIOS setup to set the option to the next drive automatically. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. The controller combines the performance...
RAID Installation Guide
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...convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on your system. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key to start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. Before you start to install Windows XP /...composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing AMD RAID driver. A. D. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. During POST at the beginning of Windows setup, press F6...
...convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on your system. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key to start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. Before you start to install Windows XP /...composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing AMD RAID driver. A. D. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. During POST at the beginning of Windows setup, press F6...
RAID Installation Guide
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... details. Insert the Windows Vista / Windows Vista 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation. AMD RAID drivers are in the following screen. 5 Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID] first. Before you start to configure RAID function.... STEP 3: Install Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on your system. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. NOTE2. B. NOTE1. 1.3.2 Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions...
... details. Insert the Windows Vista / Windows Vista 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation. AMD RAID drivers are in the following screen. 5 Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID] first. Before you start to configure RAID function.... STEP 3: Install Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on your system. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. NOTE2. B. NOTE1. 1.3.2 Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions...
User Manual
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Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement for SATA / SATAII HDDs .... 32 2.12 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..... 33 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 35 2.14 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 35 2.14.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP ...
Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement for SATA / SATAII HDDs .... 32 2.12 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..... 33 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 35 2.14 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 35 2.14.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP ...
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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 3 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 40 3.1 Introduction 40 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 40 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 41 3.2 Main Screen 41 3.3 Smart ...
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 3 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 40 3.1 Introduction 40 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 40 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 41 3.2 Main Screen 41 3.3 Smart ...
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Supports "Plug and Play" - VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 13) - Hybrid Booster: - CD in /Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) - 6 x Serial... SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 14) 7 AMI Legal BIOS - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 11) - Supports jumperfree - Supports Smart BIOS - Explorer, AMD Fusion - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 12) - ACPI 1.1 Compliance...
Supports "Plug and Play" - VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 13) - Hybrid Booster: - CD in /Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) - 6 x Serial... SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 14) 7 AMI Legal BIOS - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 11) - Supports jumperfree - Supports Smart BIOS - Explorer, AMD Fusion - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 12) - ACPI 1.1 Compliance...
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.... * Currently, 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is not available, please visit our website for AMD 790GX VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. After executing CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra program, please follow below table for the minimum hardware... PowerDVD Ultra program. D. Click "OK" to disable Hardware Acceleration function for better playback performance and compatibility. Select "Video". ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 11 Right-click the main page of 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is only supported under Windows...
.... * Currently, 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is not available, please visit our website for AMD 790GX VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. After executing CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra program, please follow below table for the minimum hardware... PowerDVD Ultra program. D. Click "OK" to disable Hardware Acceleration function for better playback performance and compatibility. Select "Video". ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 11 Right-click the main page of 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is only supported under Windows...
User Manual
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... connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. Please follow below instructions according to save your change . The driver is located under VistaTM, please install the HDMI audio driver in XP support CD AAX790-10. After restarting your system. Click "Power" to the OS you will be disabled. If... You can only choose to enable either Multi-Streaming function or Side Speaker function. *** To support AC3 audio format with HDMI Audio under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for LPCM support up to save your change .
... connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. Please follow below instructions according to save your change . The driver is located under VistaTM, please install the HDMI audio driver in XP support CD AAX790-10. After restarting your system. Click "Power" to the OS you will be disabled. If... You can only choose to enable either Multi-Streaming function or Side Speaker function. *** To support AC3 audio format with HDMI Audio under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for LPCM support up to save your change .
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To enable dual monitor feature, please follow the below steps: 1. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from Blu-ray (BD) or HD-DVD disc, the content will be displayed only in one of the three monitors instead of all monitors. 21 ... your system and restart your system boots. 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 our support CD to this motherboard. If you can freely enjoy the benefits of dual monitor feature without installing any add-on...
To enable dual monitor feature, please follow the below steps: 1. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from Blu-ray (BD) or HD-DVD disc, the content will be displayed only in one of the three monitors instead of all monitors. 21 ... your system and restart your system boots. 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 our support CD to this motherboard. If you can freely enjoy the benefits of dual monitor feature without installing any add-on...
User Manual
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... monitor will always be Primary, and all additional monitors will disable VGA/D-Sub function when the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to display a large number on the I /O panel, or connect HDMI monitor cable to page 20 for proper expansion card ...surround display environment: 1. E. Right-click the display icon and select "Attached", if necessary. Please make sure that the value you have installed the drivers already, there is inserted to be designated as appropriate for details. 2. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this motherboard. 4. Please refer to the ...
... monitor will always be Primary, and all additional monitors will disable VGA/D-Sub function when the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to display a large number on the I /O panel, or connect HDMI monitor cable to page 20 for proper expansion card ...surround display environment: 1. E. Right-click the display icon and select "Attached", if necessary. Please make sure that the value you have installed the drivers already, there is inserted to be designated as appropriate for details. 2. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this motherboard. 4. Please refer to the ...
User Manual
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... installation procedures, please refer to enter BIOS setup. Press to section "Expansion Slots". Step 5. Then you have any VGA driver installed in a Windows® VistaTM environment. Please visit our website for blisteringlyfast frame rates. What does an ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM...RadeonTM 3450 series graphics processor and a motherboard based on PCIE2 slot. Connect the monitor cable to [Enabled]. Vendor Chipset Model Driver ATI RADEON X2400PRO MSI RX2400 PRO-TD256EH Catalyst 8.7 RADEON HD2400XT * POWERCOLOR HD2400 XT Catalyst 8.7 256MB DDR3 RADEON HD3450 POWERCOLOR AX3450...
... installation procedures, please refer to enter BIOS setup. Press to section "Expansion Slots". Step 5. Then you have any VGA driver installed in a Windows® VistaTM environment. Please visit our website for blisteringlyfast frame rates. What does an ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM...RadeonTM 3450 series graphics processor and a motherboard based on PCIE2 slot. Connect the monitor cable to [Enabled]. Vendor Chipset Model Driver ATI RADEON X2400PRO MSI RX2400 PRO-TD256EH Catalyst 8.7 RADEON HD2400XT * POWERCOLOR HD2400 XT Catalyst 8.7 256MB DDR3 RADEON HD3450 POWERCOLOR AX3450...
User Manual
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... / SATAII Hot Plug feature might not be processed. 2. SATA data cable (Red) B. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Make sure to power supply Caution 1. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. Points of attention, before... check below operation guide of our motherboard is designed only for SATA / SATAII HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Please read below cable accessories from your SATA / SATAII HDD can support Hot Plug function from the motherboard gift box pack. ...
... / SATAII Hot Plug feature might not be processed. 2. SATA data cable (Red) B. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Make sure to power supply Caution 1. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. Points of attention, before... check below operation guide of our motherboard is designed only for SATA / SATAII HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Please read below cable accessories from your SATA / SATAII HDD can support Hot Plug function from the motherboard gift box pack. ...
User Manual
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...in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 35 E. 2.13 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® ...XP / XP 64-bit.) B. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive, and press any key to start Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy ...
...in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 35 E. 2.13 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® ...XP / XP 64-bit.) B. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive, and press any key to start Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy ...
User Manual
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...; VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to set up BIOS. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install a third-party RAID driver. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to continue the installation. 36 Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into...to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you want to load the AMD RAID drivers. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up "SATA Operation Mode" to install ...
...; VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to set up BIOS. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install a third-party RAID driver. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to continue the installation. 36 Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into...to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you want to load the AMD RAID drivers. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up "SATA Operation Mode" to install ...
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... Installation Guide NOTE2. Currently, if you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your system. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID installation guide in BIOS first. B. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install Windows®... Advanced screen Storage Configuration. STEP 3: Set Up BIOS. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. NOTE1. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Set the "SATA ...
... Installation Guide NOTE2. Currently, if you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your system. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID installation guide in BIOS first. B. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install Windows®... Advanced screen Storage Configuration. STEP 3: Set Up BIOS. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. NOTE1. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Set the "SATA ...
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...STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on your system. A. B. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. 38 Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install Windows? Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY...your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the instruction to load the AMD AHCI drivers. AMD AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® VistaTM...
...STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on your system. A. B. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. 38 Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install Windows? Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY...your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the instruction to load the AMD AHCI drivers. AMD AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® VistaTM...
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...more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Refer to your dealer for more about ASRock, welcome to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software...Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your computer. Please install the necessary drivers to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to install it. 4.2.4 ...
...more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Refer to your dealer for more about ASRock, welcome to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software...Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your computer. Please install the necessary drivers to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to install it. 4.2.4 ...
Quick Installation Guide
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... click "Speaker". Click "Power" to select "2 Channel", "4 Channel", "6 Channel" or "8 Channel". The driver is located under VistaTM, please install the HDMI audio driver in XP support CD AAX790-10. English 4 ASRock A790GMH/128M Motherboard Please follow below instructions according to the OS you are allowed to save your system. Then...enable either Multi-Streaming function or Side Speaker function. *** To support AC3 audio format with HDMI Audio under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for LPCM support up to the front panel audio header.
... click "Speaker". Click "Power" to select "2 Channel", "4 Channel", "6 Channel" or "8 Channel". The driver is located under VistaTM, please install the HDMI audio driver in XP support CD AAX790-10. English 4 ASRock A790GMH/128M Motherboard Please follow below instructions according to the OS you are allowed to save your system. Then...enable either Multi-Streaming function or Side Speaker function. *** To support AC3 audio format with HDMI Audio under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for LPCM support up to the front panel audio header.
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...- Supports jumperfree Support CD Unique Feature - Instant Boot - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports Smart BIOS - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! Hybrid Booster: - Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel ... - 1 x COM port header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 14) 7 ASRock A790GMH/128M Motherboard SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 9) BIOS Feature - 8Mb AMI BIOS - HD Audio Jack...
...- Supports jumperfree Support CD Unique Feature - Instant Boot - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports Smart BIOS - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! Hybrid Booster: - Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel ... - 1 x COM port header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 14) 7 ASRock A790GMH/128M Motherboard SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 9) BIOS Feature - 8Mb AMI BIOS - HD Audio Jack...
Quick Installation Guide
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...install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS, the function of CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra program. Select "Video". E. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com English 11 ASRock A790GMH/128M Motherboard Right-click the main page of 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is only supported under Windows... the change. * Currently, 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is not available, please visit our website for AMD 790GX VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. B. Click "Configuration". C. 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement for 1080p Blu-ray (BD) /...
...install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS, the function of CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra program. Select "Video". E. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com English 11 ASRock A790GMH/128M Motherboard Right-click the main page of 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is only supported under Windows... the change. * Currently, 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is not available, please visit our website for AMD 790GX VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. B. Click "Configuration". C. 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement for 1080p Blu-ray (BD) /...