RAID Installation Guide
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... capacity of multiple drives is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set of data from one logical unit. After you make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, press to enter BIOS setup to set . Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. RAID 10 (Stripe Mirroring) RAID 0 drives can improve the access performance, it...
... capacity of multiple drives is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set of data from one logical unit. After you make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, press to enter BIOS setup to set . Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. RAID 10 (Stripe Mirroring) RAID 0 drives can improve the access performance, it...
RAID Installation Guide
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...box pack, please choose the one for details. 4 After reading the floppy disk, the driver will start to install Windows XP / XP 64-bit on your system. Then, please set RAID configuration. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key. During POST at the beginning of... system boot-up BIOS. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. Select your required driver to install according to the OS you can start to...
...box pack, please choose the one for details. 4 After reading the floppy disk, the driver will start to install Windows XP / XP 64-bit on your system. Then, please set RAID configuration. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key. During POST at the beginning of... system boot-up BIOS. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. Select your required driver to install according to the OS you can start to...
RAID Installation Guide
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... RAID configuration. B. STEP 3: Install Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on the bottom to set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [non-RAID] in BIOS. ..., you install Windows Vista / Windows Vista 64-bit on IDE HDDs and there are two ASRock Support CD in the following screen. 5 NOTE1. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to load the AMD RAID drivers. STEP 1: Set up "SATA Operation Mode" to install Windows?" Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY ...
... RAID configuration. B. STEP 3: Install Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on the bottom to set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [non-RAID] in BIOS. ..., you install Windows Vista / Windows Vista 64-bit on IDE HDDs and there are two ASRock Support CD in the following screen. 5 NOTE1. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to load the AMD RAID drivers. STEP 1: Set up "SATA Operation Mode" to install Windows?" Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY ...
User Manual
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Contents 1 . 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 ...
Contents 1 . 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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... 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration 60 3.7 Security Screen 61 3.8 Exit Screen 62 4 . Software Support 63 4.1 Install Operating System 63 4.2 Support CD Information 63 4.2.1 Running Support CD 63 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 63 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 63 4.2.4 Contact Information 63 4
... 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration 60 3.7 Security Screen 61 3.8 Exit Screen 62 4 . Software Support 63 4.1 Install Operating System 63 4.2 Support CD Information 63 4.2.1 Running Support CD 63 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 63 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 63 4.2.4 Contact Information 63 4
User Manual
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... Tuner (see CAUTION 11) - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 10) - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 14) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 12) - CD in /Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) - 5 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID ... x eSATAII Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) 7 Supports "Plug and Play" - Hybrid Booster: - VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment ...
... Tuner (see CAUTION 11) - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 10) - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 14) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 12) - CD in /Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) - 5 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID ... x eSATAII Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) 7 Supports "Plug and Play" - Hybrid Booster: - VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment ...
User Manual
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... playback is not available, please visit our website for better playback performance and compatibility. D. Click "OK" to disable Hardware Acceleration function for AMD 790GX VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. C. CPU VGA Memory Suggested OS AM3 all series CPU Onboard VGA with DVI-D port Single Channel... program, please follow below table for 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD Playback Support 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback support on this item. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 11
... playback is not available, please visit our website for better playback performance and compatibility. D. Click "OK" to disable Hardware Acceleration function for AMD 790GX VGA driver update in this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. C. CPU VGA Memory Suggested OS AM3 all series CPU Onboard VGA with DVI-D port Single Channel... program, please follow below table for 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD Playback Support 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback support on this item. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 11
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...stereo 2 channels only. 14 Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. The driver is located under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear ...(No. 6) (No. 5) (No. 7) 2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V *** To support AC3 audio format with HDMI Audio under VistaTM, please install the HDMI audio driver in accordance with the type of speaker you use . TABLE for LPCM support up to the LAN port. LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED...
...stereo 2 channels only. 14 Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. The driver is located under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear ...(No. 6) (No. 5) (No. 7) 2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V *** To support AC3 audio format with HDMI Audio under VistaTM, please install the HDMI audio driver in accordance with the type of speaker you use . TABLE for LPCM support up to the LAN port. LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED...
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...DVI-D, D-sub or HDMI can freely enjoy the benefits of multi monitor function after your system already, you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system boots. Connect DVI-D monitor cable to VGA/DVI-D port on the I/O panel, connect D-Sub...monitor output support: DVI-D + D-Sub or HDMI + D-Sub. 2. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI), 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 dual monitor feature...
...DVI-D, D-sub or HDMI can freely enjoy the benefits of multi monitor function after your system already, you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system boots. Connect DVI-D monitor cable to VGA/DVI-D port on the I/O panel, connect D-Sub...monitor output support: DVI-D + D-Sub or HDMI + D-Sub. 2. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI), 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 dual monitor feature...
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.../ XP 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose "Properties", and select the "Settings" tab so that the value you have installed the drivers already, there is no need to page 19 for proper expansion card installation procedures for the second monitor. C. DVI-D and HDMI monitors cannot display... the I/O panel, or connect HDMI monitor cable to display a large number on PCI Express VGA card driver to set up a multi-monitor display. Boot your system. Install the onboard VGA driver and the add-on each monitor. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI) ...
.../ XP 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose "Properties", and select the "Settings" tab so that the value you have installed the drivers already, there is no need to page 19 for proper expansion card installation procedures for the second monitor. C. DVI-D and HDMI monitors cannot display... the I/O panel, or connect HDMI monitor cable to display a large number on PCI Express VGA card driver to set up a multi-monitor display. Boot your system. Install the onboard VGA driver and the add-on each monitor. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI) ...
User Manual
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... Catalyst Control Center 23 In the future, ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM may be supported with combined output to your computer. Install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to a single display for ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM. Step 6. Please refer to the correspondent connector on the PCI Express... monitor cable to below PCI Express graphics card support list for blisteringly-fast frame rates. Boot into OS. Please remove the ATITM driver if you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on an AMD 790GX integrated chipset, all operating in your system. Currently, ATITM...
... Catalyst Control Center 23 In the future, ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM may be supported with combined output to your computer. Install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to a single display for ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM. Step 6. Please refer to the correspondent connector on the PCI Express... monitor cable to below PCI Express graphics card support list for blisteringly-fast frame rates. Boot into OS. Please remove the ATITM driver if you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on an AMD 790GX integrated chipset, all operating in your system. Currently, ATITM...
User Manual
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... into system properly. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. 2.12 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for our motherboard...and will be processed. 2. Below operation procedure is designed only for SATA / SATAII HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. SATA data cable (Red) B. Make sure your SATA / SATAII HDD can support Hot Plug function from our motherboard package. 5. ...
... into system properly. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. 2.12 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for our motherboard...and will be processed. 2. Below operation procedure is designed only for SATA / SATAII HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. SATA data cable (Red) B. Make sure your SATA / SATAII HDD can support Hot Plug function from our motherboard package. 5. ...
User Manual
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... a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A: press any key. A. Then you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. A. Please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 2.14.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit... .. \ RAID Installation Guide 35 STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. B. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key to start Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to boot your system. ...
... a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A: press any key. A. Then you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. A. Please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 2.14.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit... .. \ RAID Installation Guide 35 STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. B. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key to start Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to boot your system. ...
User Manual
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...[RAID] first. Before you start to set up BIOS. STEP 1: Set up "SATA Operation Mode" to continue the installation. 36 AMD RAID drivers are two ASRock Support CD in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system....Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to install a third-party RAID driver. At the beginning of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the instruction to install...
...[RAID] first. Before you start to set up BIOS. STEP 1: Set up "SATA Operation Mode" to continue the installation. 36 AMD RAID drivers are two ASRock Support CD in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system....Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to install a third-party RAID driver. At the beginning of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the instruction to install...
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..., or "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for Windows® XP 64-bit.) 37 A. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following section 2.14.1 step 2 on IDE HDDs and there are no SATA / SATAII...64-bit OS on your system. Then, please set the RAID configuration by following path in BIOS first. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Currently, if you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on page 35. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
..., or "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for Windows® XP 64-bit.) 37 A. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following section 2.14.1 step 2 on IDE HDDs and there are no SATA / SATAII...64-bit OS on your system. Then, please set the RAID configuration by following path in BIOS first. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Currently, if you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on page 35. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
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...STEP 2: Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 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...OS on your system. 2.15.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to load the AMD AHCI drivers. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. When you see "Where do you ...
...STEP 2: Install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 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...OS on your system. 2.15.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to load the AMD AHCI drivers. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. When you see "Where do you ...
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...the Support CD 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 visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; If the Main Menu did not appear ...4.2.4 Contact Information If you may contact 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. Refer to activate the devices. ...
...the Support CD 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 visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; If the Main Menu did not appear ...4.2.4 Contact Information If you may contact 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. Refer to activate the devices. ...
Quick Installation Guide
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Please refer to stereo 2 channels only. 3 ASRock M3A790GMH/128M Motherboard English 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 LPCM support up to the table below for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker...
Please refer to stereo 2 channels only. 3 ASRock M3A790GMH/128M Motherboard English 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 LPCM support up to the table below for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker...
Quick Installation Guide
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...24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - Supports jumperfree - Explorer, AMD Fusion English Unique Feature - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 11) - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Intelligent Energy ...ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 10) - AMI Legal BIOS - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) 6 ASRock M3A790GMH/128M Motherboard SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 13) - ...
...24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - Supports jumperfree - Explorer, AMD Fusion English Unique Feature - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 11) - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Intelligent Energy ...ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 10) - AMI Legal BIOS - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) 6 ASRock M3A790GMH/128M Motherboard SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 13) - ...
Quick Installation Guide
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...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. Click "OK" to remove the "V" mark in the future. After executing CyberLink PowerDVD... If you install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS, the function of CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra program. D. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com English 10 ASRock M3A790GMH/128M Motherboard If you need to use CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra version 7.3, we suggest to disable Hardware Acceleration function. 1.3 Minimum ...
...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. Click "OK" to remove the "V" mark in the future. After executing CyberLink PowerDVD... If you install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS, the function of CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra program. D. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com English 10 ASRock M3A790GMH/128M Motherboard If you need to use CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra version 7.3, we suggest to disable Hardware Acceleration function. 1.3 Minimum ...