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Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 11 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 11 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume 15 1
Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 11 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 11 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume 15 1
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... The system will lose ALL data in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for proper configuration. B. Then you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive, and press . E. Please refer to the...SATAII as the boot device. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette. Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. B. D. 2.3 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . ...
... The system will lose ALL data in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for proper configuration. B. Then you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive, and press . E. Please refer to the...SATAII as the boot device. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette. Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. B. D. 2.3 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . ...
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...1 or RAID 5 at a later date by booting from the Support CD again so that "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" will be presented. 7 Begin Windows® setup by using "RAID Installation Guide" to set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 6. After reading the floppy disk, the driver ... driver diskette containing the Intel® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be installed to install a third-party RAID driver. Windows XP64) " for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Set up a "RAID Ready" system with a single SATA / SATAII hard disk. ...
...1 or RAID 5 at a later date by booting from the Support CD again so that "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" will be presented. 7 Begin Windows® setup by using "RAID Installation Guide" to set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 6. After reading the floppy disk, the driver ... driver diskette containing the Intel® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be installed to install a third-party RAID driver. Windows XP64) " for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Set up a "RAID Ready" system with a single SATA / SATAII hard disk. ...
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...hard drive already in order to select it from within the RAID volume. 8 Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. Windows XP64)" for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu...3. You may also use the following steps to perform a migration from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Finish the Windows® installation and install all necessary drivers. 6. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not already installed, using the setup package obtained ...
...hard drive already in order to select it from within the RAID volume. 8 Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. Windows XP64)" for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu...3. You may also use the following steps to perform a migration from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Finish the Windows® installation and install all necessary drivers. 6. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not already installed, using the setup package obtained ...
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...bit on your system. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the option "Configure SATAII as", please set RAID configuration. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. A. STEP 2: Use "RAID... "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information" for proper configuration. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on the bottom to set the option to check the installation guide...
...bit on your system. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the option "Configure SATAII as", please set RAID configuration. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. A. STEP 2: Use "RAID... "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information" for proper configuration. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on the bottom to set the option to check the installation guide...
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If you want to use "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" in Windows® environment, please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" will be installed to your system as well. 10
If you want to use "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" in Windows® environment, please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" will be installed to your system as well. 10
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... setup utility. Press . Highlight Advanced and press , then the main interface of BIOS setup utility will appear. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Create RAID Volume window appears. Save your computer. Please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you to press . Boot your RAID configuration. Select the option Create...
... setup utility. Press . Highlight Advanced and press , then the main interface of BIOS setup utility will appear. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Create RAID Volume window appears. Save your computer. Please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you to press . Boot your RAID configuration. Select the option Create...
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Please note that you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. If you want to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you install OS. 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume If you are only allowed to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 15
Please note that you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. If you want to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you install OS. 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume If you are only allowed to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 15
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Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium 2008 and Basic Logo 10 1.4 Motherboard Layout (P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000) ........ 11 1.5 Motherboard Layout (P45TurboTwins2000 12 1.6 ASRock DualLAN_SPDIF I/O (P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000 13 1.7 ASRock SPDIF I/O Plus (P45TurboTwins2000 14 1.8 ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module Specifications (For P45R2000-WiFi Only 15 2 Installation 16 2.1 Screw Holes 16 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 16...
Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium 2008 and Basic Logo 10 1.4 Motherboard Layout (P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000) ........ 11 1.5 Motherboard Layout (P45TurboTwins2000 12 1.6 ASRock DualLAN_SPDIF I/O (P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000 13 1.7 ASRock SPDIF I/O Plus (P45TurboTwins2000 14 1.8 ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module Specifications (For P45R2000-WiFi Only 15 2 Installation 16 2.1 Screw Holes 16 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 16...
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...RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 47 2.18.4 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 48 2.19 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 49 2.19.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID ...Functions 49 2.19.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 50 2.20 Teaming Function Operation Guide (For P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000 Only 51 2.21 Untied Overclocking Technology 53 3...
...RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 47 2.18.4 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 48 2.19 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 49 2.19.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID ...Functions 49 2.19.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 50 2.20 Teaming Function Operation Guide (For P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000 Only 51 2.21 Untied Overclocking Technology 53 3...
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...CAUTION 6) - Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB (see CAUTION 5) - DAC with Content Protection - Southbridge: Intel® ICH10R (P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000) - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Quad / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / ..., blue @ x8 mode) - 2 x PCI Express x1 slots - 3 x PCI slots P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000 - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec) P45TurboTwins2000 - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) - Realtek RTL8111B/RTL8111C - All Solid...
...CAUTION 6) - Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB (see CAUTION 5) - DAC with Content Protection - Southbridge: Intel® ICH10R (P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000) - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Quad / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / ..., blue @ x8 mode) - 2 x PCI Express x1 slots - 3 x PCI slots P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000 - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec) P45TurboTwins2000 - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) - Realtek RTL8111B/RTL8111C - All Solid...
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...Stepless Control (see CAUTION 16) Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in header - Supports "Plug and... Fan Tachometer - It should be done at your system. AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) Hardware - Chassis Temperature Sensing - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 14) - CPU, DRAM, NB, SB, VTT...
...Stepless Control (see CAUTION 16) Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in header - Supports "Plug and... Fan Tachometer - It should be done at your system. AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) Hardware - Chassis Temperature Sensing - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 14) - CPU, DRAM, NB, SB, VTT...
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...external SATAII specification. Some CPU you want to use CrossFireTM function, please follow the instructions on page 20 for system usage under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 9 Please check the table below ...Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no need to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for proper installation. 5. channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Please read the installation guide of ASRock...
...external SATAII specification. Some CPU you want to use CrossFireTM function, please follow the instructions on page 20 for system usage under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 9 Please check the table below ...Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no need to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for proper installation. 5. channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Please read the installation guide of ASRock...
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...remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium 2008 and Basic logo, please follow below table for Windows® VistaTM Premium 2008 logo. 10 ASRock WiFi-802.11g module and RAID / AHCI functions are required to meet above minimum ...) 512MB Single Channel (Basic) DX10 with WDDM Driver with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with ASRock WiFi-802.11g or WiFi-802.11n module, an easy-to get the best system performance under Windows® 2000 OS. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of...
...remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium 2008 and Basic logo, please follow below table for Windows® VistaTM Premium 2008 logo. 10 ASRock WiFi-802.11g module and RAID / AHCI functions are required to meet above minimum ...) 512MB Single Channel (Basic) DX10 with WDDM Driver with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with ASRock WiFi-802.11g or WiFi-802.11n module, an easy-to get the best system performance under Windows® 2000 OS. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of...
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... Module Operation Guide" in the package for the detailed introduction and operation procedures. Standard - Access Point mode (AP mode) Architecture Types - Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Compatibility - You can easily create a wireless environment and enjoy the convenience...the internet, access and share printers, and make Internet phone calls easily. 1.8 ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module Specifications (For P45R2000-WiFi Only) ASRock WiFi-802.11g module is an easy-to-use ASRock WiFi-802.11g module on this motherboard, please carefully read the document in ...
... Module Operation Guide" in the package for the detailed introduction and operation procedures. Standard - Access Point mode (AP mode) Architecture Types - Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Compatibility - You can easily create a wireless environment and enjoy the convenience...the internet, access and share printers, and make Internet phone calls easily. 1.8 ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module Specifications (For P45R2000-WiFi Only) ASRock WiFi-802.11g module is an easy-to-use ASRock WiFi-802.11g module on this motherboard, please carefully read the document in ...
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...graphics cards work with Service Pack 2 and VistaTM OS. 2.7 CrossFireTM Operation Guide This motherboard supports CrossFireTM feature. For Windows® XP Vendor Chipset ATI Radeon HD2900XT Radeon HD 2600XT Radeon HD 2600PRO Radeon X1950XTX Radeon X1950PRO Model Driver MSI ...-RX26T256HP-B Catalyst 7.9 MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ Catalyst 7.9 GeCube RX1950XTX Catalyst 7.11 Gecube Radeon X1950Pro 256MB Catalyst 7.11 For Windows® Vista Vendor Chipset ATI Radeon HD2900XT Radeon HD 2600XT Radeon HD 2600PRO Radeon X1950XTX Radeon X1950PRO Radeon X1600PRO Radeon X1300...
...graphics cards work with Service Pack 2 and VistaTM OS. 2.7 CrossFireTM Operation Guide This motherboard supports CrossFireTM feature. For Windows® XP Vendor Chipset ATI Radeon HD2900XT Radeon HD 2600XT Radeon HD 2600PRO Radeon X1950XTX Radeon X1950PRO Model Driver MSI ...-RX26T256HP-B Catalyst 7.9 MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ Catalyst 7.9 GeCube RX1950XTX Catalyst 7.11 Gecube Radeon X1950Pro 256MB Catalyst 7.11 For Windows® Vista Vendor Chipset ATI Radeon HD2900XT Radeon HD 2600XT Radeon HD 2600PRO Radeon X1950XTX Radeon X1950PRO Radeon X1600PRO Radeon X1300...
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... drivers to uninstall any VGA driver installed in your computer and boot into OS. For Windows® XP OS: A. Step 12. Step 8. We recommend using this utility to your computer. ATITM recommends Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed (If you have Microsoft .... the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on your system, there is an optional download. Please check Microsoft website for details. For Windows® VistaTM OS: Install the CATALYST Control Center. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your computer. Please check AMD...
... drivers to uninstall any VGA driver installed in your computer and boot into OS. For Windows® XP OS: A. Step 12. Step 8. We recommend using this utility to your computer. ATITM recommends Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed (If you have Microsoft .... the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on your system, there is an optional download. Please check Microsoft website for details. For Windows® VistaTM OS: Install the CATALYST Control Center. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your computer. Please check AMD...
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... device. Enter Advanced Settings, and then select Chipset Configuration. Set the Front Panel Control option from [Auto] to function correctly. B. C. For Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS: Click "Audio I/O", select "Connector Settings" , choose "Disable front panel jack detection", and... save the change by clicking "OK". For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Click the right-top "Folder" icon , choose "Disable front panel jack detection", and save the change...
... device. Enter Advanced Settings, and then select Chipset Configuration. Set the Front Panel Control option from [Auto] to function correctly. B. C. For Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS: Click "Audio I/O", select "Connector Settings" , choose "Disable front panel jack detection", and... save the change by clicking "OK". For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Click the right-top "Folder" icon , choose "Disable front panel jack detection", and save the change...
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...and copy files [YN]? B. Start to install those required drivers. The system will see the message on the screen, "Do you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on the support CD driver page. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [...as the boot device. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. 2.18 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions (For P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000 Only) If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system...
...and copy files [YN]? B. Start to install those required drivers. The system will see the message on the screen, "Do you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on the support CD driver page. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [...as the boot device. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. 2.18 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions (For P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000 Only) If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system...
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... driver. You may select: "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Windows XP)" for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", .... After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be installed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information" for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to build an Intel "RAID Ready" ...
... driver. You may select: "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Windows XP)" for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", .... After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be installed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information" for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to build an Intel "RAID Ready" ...