RAID Installation Guide
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... data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to RAID The term "RAID" stands for improved performance plus resiliency. 1. After you make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, press to enter BIOS setup to set . Data is a method combining two or more physical drives working independently. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide AMD...
... data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to RAID The term "RAID" stands for improved performance plus resiliency. 1. After you make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, press to enter BIOS setup to set . Data is a method combining two or more physical drives working independently. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide AMD...
RAID Installation Guide
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... set RAID configuration, you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into floppy drive A: press any key to start to install Windows XP / XP 64-bit on your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows XP... you want to install Windows XP or Windows XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. The system will be presented. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key. C. Select your system.
... set RAID configuration, you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into floppy drive A: press any key to start to install Windows XP / XP 64-bit on your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows XP... you want to install Windows XP or Windows XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. The system will be presented. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key. C. Select your system.
RAID Installation Guide
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...Vista / Windows Vista 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to install Windows?" NOTE2. Currently, if you have booted with RAID functions, please follow the instruction to... Vista 64-bit OS) After that, please insert Windows Vista / Windows Vista 64-bit optical disk into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option...
...Vista / Windows Vista 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to install Windows?" NOTE2. Currently, if you have booted with RAID functions, please follow the instruction to... Vista 64-bit OS) After that, please insert Windows Vista / Windows Vista 64-bit optical disk into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option...
User Manual
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... 2 . Contents 1 . Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement for SATA / SATAII HDDs .... 31 2.12 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..... 32 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 34 2.14 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 34 2.14.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP...
... 2 . Contents 1 . Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement for SATA / SATAII HDDs .... 31 2.12 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..... 32 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 34 2.14 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 34 2.14.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP...
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Software Support 62 4.1 Install Operating System 62 4.2 Support CD Information 62 4.2.1 Running Support CD 62 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 62 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 62 4.2.4 Contact Information 62 4 3 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 39 3.1 Introduction 39 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 39 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 40 3.2 Main Screen 40 3.3 OC ...
Software Support 62 4.1 Install Operating System 62 4.2 Support CD Information 62 4.2.1 Running Support CD 62 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 62 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 62 4.2.4 Contact Information 62 4 3 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 39 3.1 Introduction 39 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 39 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 40 3.2 Main Screen 40 3.3 OC ...
User Manual
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... (see CAUTION 13) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 10) - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in header - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 14) - Supports jumperfree - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 12) - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! Instant Boot - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support...
... (see CAUTION 13) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 10) - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in header - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 14) - Supports jumperfree - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 12) - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! Instant Boot - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support...
User Manual
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... in the future. Click "OK" to disable Hardware Acceleration function for better playback performance and compatibility. Please refer to disable Hardware Acceleration function. D. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 11 CPU VGA Memory Suggested OS AM3 all series CPU Onboard VGA with DVI-D port Single Channel DDR3 1066, 1GB x 1 Windows® ... we suggest to save the change. * Currently, 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is not available, please visit our website for AMD 785G VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. E. Select "Video".
... in the future. Click "OK" to disable Hardware Acceleration function for better playback performance and compatibility. Please refer to disable Hardware Acceleration function. D. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 11 CPU VGA Memory Suggested OS AM3 all series CPU Onboard VGA with DVI-D port Single Channel DDR3 1066, 1GB x 1 Windows® ... we suggest to save the change. * Currently, 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is not available, please visit our website for AMD 785G VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. E. Select "Video".
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... connect the speaker's plug into "Front Speaker Jack". TABLE for the LAN port LED indications. The driver is located under VistaTM, please install the HDMI audio driver in accordance with HDMI Audio under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for connection details in XP support CD AAX785M-10...
... connect the speaker's plug into "Front Speaker Jack". TABLE for the LAN port LED indications. The driver is located under VistaTM, please install the HDMI audio driver in accordance with HDMI Audio under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for connection details in XP support CD AAX785M-10...
User Manual
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...This motherboard also provides independent display controllers for dual monitor output support: DVI-D + D-Sub or HDMI + D-Sub. 2. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to this motherboard. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI), you can easily enjoy the benefits of multi... monitors cannot display at the same time. You can drive same or different display contents. If you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from our support CD to HDMI port on VGA card to your system and restart your system boots.
...This motherboard also provides independent display controllers for dual monitor output support: DVI-D + D-Sub or HDMI + D-Sub. 2. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to this motherboard. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI), you can easily enjoy the benefits of multi... monitors cannot display at the same time. You can drive same or different display contents. If you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from our support CD to HDMI port on VGA card to your system and restart your system boots.
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...® XP / XP 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose "Properties", and select the "Settings" tab so that you have installed the drivers already, there is no need to the steps below. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this motherboard. 4. Click "Apply" or "OK" to set...your card, one 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 enable the function of "Share Memory", [Auto], will be your system. C. F. Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade...
...® XP / XP 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose "Properties", and select the "Settings" tab so that you have installed the drivers already, there is no need to the steps below. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this motherboard. 4. Click "Apply" or "OK" to set...your card, one 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 enable the function of "Share Memory", [Auto], will be your system. C. F. Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade...
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...our website for further information. Step 5. Then set the option "Surround View" to enter BIOS setup. Install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system. Currently, ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM Technology is only supported with Windows® VistaTM OS, and ...rates. Connect the monitor cable to a single display for ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM. Boot your system for updated information. Then you have any VGA driver installed in a Windows® VistaTM environment. Step 3. Boot into OS. 2 . 6 ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM Operation Guide This motherboard supports ATITM...
...our website for further information. Step 5. Then set the option "Surround View" to enter BIOS setup. Install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system. Currently, ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM Technology is only supported with Windows® VistaTM OS, and ...rates. Connect the monitor cable to a single display for ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM. Boot your system for updated information. Then you have any VGA driver installed in a Windows® VistaTM environment. Step 3. Boot into OS. 2 . 6 ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM Operation Guide This motherboard supports ATITM...
User Manual
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... 1x4-pin conventional power connector (White) connect to power supply Caution 1. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII driver is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. The latest SATA / SATAII driver is definitely not able to support Hot Plug and will be processed. 2. SATA data cable (Red) B. Without... into system properly. Below operation procedure is designed only for SATA / SATAII HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. Points of SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug feature carefully. Please...
... 1x4-pin conventional power connector (White) connect to power supply Caution 1. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII driver is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. The latest SATA / SATAII driver is definitely not able to support Hot Plug and will be processed. 2. SATA data cable (Red) B. Without... into system properly. Below operation procedure is designed only for SATA / SATAII HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. Points of SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug feature carefully. Please...
User Manual
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... will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive, and press any key to start to configure RAID function, you want to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for boot devices... to [RAID]. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. The system will see the message on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up BIOS. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to install Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM ...
... will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive, and press any key to start to configure RAID function, you want to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for boot devices... to [RAID]. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. The system will see the message on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up BIOS. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to install Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM ...
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...STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to [RAID] first. A. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install a third-party RAID driver. AMD RAID drivers are in the following path in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for proper configuration. STEP 4: Install Windows® XP ...the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to set RAID configuration. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system, and follow below steps. B. After step 1, 2, 3, you want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) ...
...STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to [RAID] first. A. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install a third-party RAID driver. AMD RAID drivers are in the following path in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for proper configuration. STEP 4: Install Windows® XP ...the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to set RAID configuration. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system, and follow below steps. B. After step 1, 2, 3, you want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) ...
User Manual
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...BIOS. STEP 3: Set Up BIOS. STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on page 34. Select the driver to install according to the OS you want to install Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs ... be presented. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the AMD AHCI driver. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following section 2.14.1 step 2 on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without...
...BIOS. STEP 3: Set Up BIOS. STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on page 34. Select the driver to install according to the OS you want to install Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs ... be presented. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the AMD AHCI driver. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following section 2.14.1 step 2 on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without...
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... functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to load the AMD AHCI drivers. A. B. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on your system. 2.15.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit ... the installation. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 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 / VistaTM 64...
... functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to load the AMD AHCI drivers. A. B. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on your system. 2.15.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit ... the installation. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 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 / VistaTM 64...
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... Center / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit. Refer to your OS documentation for more about ASRock, welcome to know 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. Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN...
... Center / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit. Refer to your OS documentation for more about ASRock, welcome to know 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. Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN...
Quick Installation Guide
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...Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Line In (No. 7) (No. 5) (No. 4) (No. 6) 2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V *** To support AC3 audio format with HDMI Audio under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for connection details in XP support CD AAX785M-10. I/O Panel 1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 2 VGA/D-Sub Port * 3 LAN...2.0 Ports (USB01) Powered eSATAII/USB Connector HDMI Port VGA/DVI-D Port PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to stereo 2 channels only. 3 ASRock M3A785GMH/128M Motherboard English
...Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Line In (No. 7) (No. 5) (No. 4) (No. 6) 2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V *** To support AC3 audio format with HDMI Audio under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for connection details in XP support CD AAX785M-10. I/O Panel 1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 2 VGA/D-Sub Port * 3 LAN...2.0 Ports (USB01) Powered eSATAII/USB Connector HDMI Port VGA/DVI-D Port PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to stereo 2 channels only. 3 ASRock M3A785GMH/128M Motherboard English
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... - Supports "Plug and Play" - Supports Smart BIOS - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 12) - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 11) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 9) - 8Mb AMI BIOS ... NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 14) - Instant Boot - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) English 6 ASRock M3A785GMH/128M Motherboard Supports jumperfree - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 10) - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Hybrid Booster: - CPU/Chassis/Power FAN ...
... - Supports "Plug and Play" - Supports Smart BIOS - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 12) - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 11) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 9) - 8Mb AMI BIOS ... NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 14) - Instant Boot - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) English 6 ASRock M3A785GMH/128M Motherboard Supports jumperfree - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 10) - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Hybrid Booster: - CPU/Chassis/Power FAN ...
Quick Installation Guide
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... steps to disable Hardware Acceleration function for better playback performance and compatibility. A. Select "Video". ASRock website http://www.asrock.com English 10 ASRock M3A785GMH/128M Motherboard After executing CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra program, please follow below table for AMD 790GX VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. E. If you need to use CyberLink...
... steps to disable Hardware Acceleration function for better playback performance and compatibility. A. Select "Video". ASRock website http://www.asrock.com English 10 ASRock M3A785GMH/128M Motherboard After executing CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra program, please follow below table for AMD 790GX VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. E. If you need to use CyberLink...