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...consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. 1 When using one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. Intel Rapid Storage Technology can be accessed on data-intensive applications. Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss ...9.5, a brand new user interface makes creating and managing your storage simple and intuitive. AHCI also delivers longer battery life with RAID 1 can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. Through AHCI, storage performance is configured for desktop and mobile platforms...
...consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. 1 When using one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. Intel Rapid Storage Technology can be accessed on data-intensive applications. Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss ...9.5, a brand new user interface makes creating and managing your storage simple and intuitive. AHCI also delivers longer battery life with RAID 1 can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. Through AHCI, storage performance is configured for desktop and mobile platforms...
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Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Create a RAID Array 1. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2.
Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Create a RAID Array 1. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2.
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In "Confirm Volume Creation", you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. Then click "Create Volume". 7 Click "Next". 5. 4. In "Configure Volume", you may review the selected configuration.
In "Confirm Volume Creation", you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. Then click "Create Volume". 7 Click "Next". 5. 4. In "Configure Volume", you may review the selected configuration.
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Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. 10. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function. 10
Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. 10. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function. 10
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Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions. 11
Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions. 11
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.... 1. Press Enter to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. Enetr the Advanced menu. 3. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Click F10 to select the physical disks. 6. Select the appropriate number of hard drives by using the up or down arrow ... the SATA Operation Mode option to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows...
.... 1. Press Enter to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. Enetr the Advanced menu. 3. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Click F10 to select the physical disks. 6. Select the appropriate number of hard drives by using the up or down arrow ... the SATA Operation Mode option to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows...
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...4. Nothing will temporarily continue loading drivers. When you need to confirm your exit. Press Enter. 5. Press Enter to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. At this point, you to confirm volume creation. 10. Select 4: Exit and press Enter. 11. This message appears at the beginning of ... be visible. 6. Use the up and down arrow keys to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP....
...4. Nothing will temporarily continue loading drivers. When you need to confirm your exit. Press Enter. 5. Press Enter to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. At this point, you to confirm volume creation. 10. Select 4: Exit and press Enter. 11. This message appears at the beginning of ... be visible. 6. Use the up and down arrow keys to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP....
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... use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. the floppy disk in Windows, you would on the RAID volume as needed. 7.
... use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. the floppy disk in Windows, you would on the RAID volume as needed. 7.
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... may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. You can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard drives. 15 If your operating system is enabled. You can migrate the data from a single hard drive on ... are met: • Your system has a RAID I want to create a RAID volume. If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is already installed, you will need to a RAID volume that includes that hard drive plus the...
... may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. You can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard drives. 15 If your operating system is enabled. You can migrate the data from a single hard drive on ... are met: • Your system has a RAID I want to create a RAID volume. If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is already installed, you will need to a RAID volume that includes that hard drive plus the...
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... you do not need to use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. You can use a USB floppy... drive or create a slipstream version of the operating system. 16 How to load the driver during OS installation using F6 when in AHCI/RAID mode In order to install an operating system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in the status line that says, Please...
... you do not need to use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. You can use a USB floppy... drive or create a slipstream version of the operating system. 16 How to load the driver during OS installation using F6 when in AHCI/RAID mode In order to install an operating system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in the status line that says, Please...
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...files from the setup files. IATA88ENU.EXE for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager version 8.8) with the following steps in order to install the RAID or AHCI driver, as outlined in the Microsoft document Deployment Guide Automating Windows NT* Setup. o If the system has a 64-bit processor...a 32-bit processor, the files will be located in the Drivers folder after extraction. 2. It is available for systems using any supported RAID Note controller hub by replacing the text within the quotation marks. // Insert the lines below , as described in the Advanced Installation Instructions ...
...files from the setup files. IATA88ENU.EXE for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager version 8.8) with the following steps in order to install the RAID or AHCI driver, as outlined in the Microsoft document Deployment Guide Automating Windows NT* Setup. o If the system has a 64-bit processor...a 32-bit processor, the files will be located in the Drivers folder after extraction. 2. It is available for systems using any supported RAID Note controller hub by replacing the text within the quotation marks. // Insert the lines below , as described in the Advanced Installation Instructions ...
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...VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 38 2.17.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 38 2.17.2 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System 39 2.17.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 40 2.17.4 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-...bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 41 2.18 Installing Windows® 7 /...
...VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 38 2.17.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 38 2.17.2 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System 39 2.17.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 40 2.17.4 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-...bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 41 2.18 Installing Windows® 7 /...
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2.18.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 43 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 44 3.1 Introduction 44 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 44 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 45 3.2 Main Screen 45 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen 46 3.4 Advanced Screen 49 3.4.1 ...
2.18.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 43 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 44 3.1 Introduction 44 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 44 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 45 3.2 Main Screen 45 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen 46 3.4 Advanced Screen 49 3.4.1 ...
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... - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA2 Connector - 2 x Ready-to 5Gb/s - 3 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 2 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x CIR header - 1 x... Jack: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A...
... - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA2 Connector - 2 x Ready-to 5Gb/s - 3 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 2 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x CIR header - 1 x... Jack: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A...
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... Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® H67 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage) functions. nector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / ...Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® H67 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage) functions. STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. You ...
... Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® H67 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage) functions. nector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / ...Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® H67 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage) functions. STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. You ...
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... if the OS has been installed into the SATA3 HDD. NOTE What is Hot Swap Function? If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID con guration, it is called "Hot Plug" for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. If the SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for... cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA / SATAII HDD. If SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is still power-on and in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel® H67 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for the...
... if the OS has been installed into the SATA3 HDD. NOTE What is Hot Swap Function? If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID con guration, it is called "Hot Plug" for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. If the SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for... cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA / SATAII HDD. If SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is still power-on and in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel® H67 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for the...
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...is designed only for SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Points of HDD crash or data loss. 36 Below operation procedure is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver is available on our website: ...www.asrock.com 2. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be ...
...is designed only for SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Points of HDD crash or data loss. 36 Below operation procedure is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver is available on our website: ...www.asrock.com 2. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be ...
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... files [YN]? B. When you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the oppy drive, and press . D. A. C. WARNING! Start to [RAID]. 2.16 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. Please follow below procedures according to... the OS you install. 2.17.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you will start to install those required drivers. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Con guration. During POST at the ...
... files [YN]? B. When you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the oppy drive, and press . D. A. C. WARNING! Start to [RAID]. 2.16 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. Please follow below procedures according to... the OS you install. 2.17.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you will start to install those required drivers. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Con guration. During POST at the ...
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...document in the support CD, "Guide to Intel Rapid Storage", which is located in the Support CD, "Guide to install a third-party RAID driver. Set up a "RAID Ready" system with a single SATA / SATAII / SATA3 hard disk. Make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette as step 1 ... driver diskette containing the Intel® RAID driver. A "RAID Ready" system can also set RAID con guration, you want to manage RAID functions, you need to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in the Support CD for RAID con guration. The following steps outline how to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following path: .....
...document in the support CD, "Guide to Intel Rapid Storage", which is located in the Support CD, "Guide to install a third-party RAID driver. Set up a "RAID Ready" system with a single SATA / SATAII / SATA3 hard disk. Make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette as step 1 ... driver diskette containing the Intel® RAID driver. A "RAID Ready" system can also set RAID con guration, you want to manage RAID functions, you need to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in the Support CD for RAID con guration. The following steps outline how to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following path: .....
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...from the Actions menu. If you can follow the procedures of the hard drive already in order to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 con guration or three drive RAID 5 con guration. 5. Install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage software via the CD-ROM included with a capacity equal to ...third-party software to manage the RAID con guration. 7. Note the serial number of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5. 2.17.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you migrated to a RAID 0 volume, use the following...
...from the Actions menu. If you can follow the procedures of the hard drive already in order to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 con guration or three drive RAID 5 con guration. 5. Install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage software via the CD-ROM included with a capacity equal to ...third-party software to manage the RAID con guration. 7. Note the serial number of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5. 2.17.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you migrated to a RAID 0 volume, use the following...