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Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout (X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 12 1.4 I/O Panel (X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 13 1.5 ASRock Game Blaster (X79 Extreme6/GB 15 2 Installation 18 2.1 Screw Holes 18 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 18 2.3 CPU Installation 19 2.4 Installation of Heatsink and ...Guide 64 2.21 Driver Installation Guide 66 2.22 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 66 2.23 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without...
Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout (X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 12 1.4 I/O Panel (X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 13 1.5 ASRock Game Blaster (X79 Extreme6/GB 15 2 Installation 18 2.1 Screw Holes 18 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 18 2.3 CPU Installation 19 2.4 Installation of Heatsink and ...Guide 64 2.21 Driver Installation Guide 66 2.22 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 66 2.23 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without...
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... 67 2.23.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 68 2.24 Teaming Function Operation Guide (X79 Extreme6/GB 69 2.25 Untied Overclocking Technology 72 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 73 3.1 Introduction 73 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 73 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 74 3.2 Main Screen 74 3.3 OC Tweaker ...
... 67 2.23.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 68 2.24 Teaming Function Operation Guide (X79 Extreme6/GB 69 2.25 Untied Overclocking Technology 72 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 73 3.1 Introduction 73 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 73 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 74 3.2 Main Screen 74 3.3 OC Tweaker ...
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... BCM57781 - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Audio (X79 Extreme6) LAN Rear Panel I /O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA3 Connector - 4 x Ready-to 5Gb/s - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage 3.0), NCQ, AHCI ...) - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE I /O SATA3 USB3.0 Connector - 7.1 CH HD Audio with the bundled ASRock Game Blaster (X79 Extreme6/GB) - Supports THX TruStudioTM -
... BCM57781 - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Audio (X79 Extreme6) LAN Rear Panel I /O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA3 Connector - 4 x Ready-to 5Gb/s - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage 3.0), NCQ, AHCI ...) - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE I /O SATA3 USB3.0 Connector - 7.1 CH HD Audio with the bundled ASRock Game Blaster (X79 Extreme6/GB) - Supports THX TruStudioTM -
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... to the motherboard's SATA3 con- 2.16 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® X79 chipset that SATA3_A0, SATA3_A1 and SATA3_A2 do not support RAID function. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk. 2.17 Serial ATA3 (SATA3...
... to the motherboard's SATA3 con- 2.16 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® X79 chipset that SATA3_A0, SATA3_A1 and SATA3_A2 do not support RAID function. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk. 2.17 Serial ATA3 (SATA3...
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Intel® X79 and ASMedia ASM1061 chipsets provide hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed through a joint industry effort. If the SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called "Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove...Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power-on and in RAID / AHCI mode. 2.18 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions...
Intel® X79 and ASMedia ASM1061 chipsets provide hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed through a joint industry effort. If the SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called "Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove...Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power-on and in RAID / AHCI mode. 2.18 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions...
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...instructions step by the chipset because of its limitation, the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. Even some SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector ... please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack. The latest SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. 2.20 SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for our motherboard, which supports...
...instructions step by the chipset because of its limitation, the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. Even some SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector ... please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack. The latest SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. 2.20 SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for our motherboard, which supports...
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...64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system can work properly. 2.22 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions RAID mode is not supported under Windows® XP / XP 64-bit. If you install can be installed on the support CD driver page. page, please... insert our Support CD to your system. Then, the drivers compatible to your optical drive first. Intel® RAID drivers are located in the folder at the following path of our Support CD: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel_v3.0.0.1112 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-...
...64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system can work properly. 2.22 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions RAID mode is not supported under Windows® XP / XP 64-bit. If you install can be installed on the support CD driver page. page, please... insert our Support CD to your system. Then, the drivers compatible to your optical drive first. Intel® RAID drivers are located in the folder at the following path of our Support CD: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel_v3.0.0.1112 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-...
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... / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS, if you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. B. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. AHCI mode is located in the folder at the following... path: .. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information If you want to make the USB flash driver disk, please copy above Intel® RAID drivers from our Support CD to your USB flash, and then load drivers from the USB flash disk. 2.23 Installing Windows® 7 / 7...
... / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS, if you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. B. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. AHCI mode is located in the folder at the following... path: .. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information If you want to make the USB flash driver disk, please copy above Intel® RAID drivers from our Support CD to your USB flash, and then load drivers from the USB flash disk. 2.23 Installing Windows® 7 / 7...
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2.23.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1: ... SATA3_A0 to SATA3_A2 ports.) STEP 2: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 68 Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. B. A.
2.23.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1: ... SATA3_A0 to SATA3_A2 ports.) STEP 2: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 68 Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. B. A.
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...ASMedia SATA3 controller, you can still enable this to select ASMedia SATA3 mode. The default value is disabled, UEFI cannot use Intel® X79 SATA ports (SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA2_0 to SATA2_3) for SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA2_0 to ASMedia SATA3 controller as Boot Device. Confi...enable or disable Onboard ASMedia SATA3 Option ROM. If Option ROM is [AHCI Mode]. Configuration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode], [RAID Mode] and [Disabled]. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will minimum your bootable devices. The default value ...
...ASMedia SATA3 controller, you can still enable this to select ASMedia SATA3 mode. The default value is disabled, UEFI cannot use Intel® X79 SATA ports (SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA2_0 to SATA2_3) for SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA2_0 to ASMedia SATA3 controller as Boot Device. Confi...enable or disable Onboard ASMedia SATA3 Option ROM. If Option ROM is [AHCI Mode]. Configuration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode], [RAID Mode] and [Disabled]. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will minimum your bootable devices. The default value ...
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...flash disk into your Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / 7 64-bit installation disc to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for you system. You can download the driver from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the files under following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel_v3.0.0.1112 64... Driver". Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in the first step. 98 Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk OR copy the file from ASRock's website and unzip the file into a USB fl ash disk. Then choose the directory (xx\...
...flash disk into your Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / 7 64-bit installation disc to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for you system. You can download the driver from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the files under following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel_v3.0.0.1112 64... Driver". Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in the first step. 98 Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk OR copy the file from ASRock's website and unzip the file into a USB fl ash disk. Then choose the directory (xx\...
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... 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA3 Connector - 4 x Ready-to 5Gb/s English Connector - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage 3.0), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 5 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x IR header - 1 x CIR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header 10 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - HD Audio Jack: Side...
... 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA3 Connector - 4 x Ready-to 5Gb/s English Connector - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage 3.0), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 5 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x IR header - 1 x CIR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header 10 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - HD Audio Jack: Side...
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... function STEP 1: Set Up UEFI. A. B. AHCI mode is not supported under Windows® XP / XP 64-bit. Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the order from up to bottom side to your system can work properly. 2.15 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM...your system, please insert the support CD to SATA3_A2 ports.) STEP 2: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. 58 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard English Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page.
... function STEP 1: Set Up UEFI. A. B. AHCI mode is not supported under Windows® XP / XP 64-bit. Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the order from up to bottom side to your system can work properly. 2.15 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM...your system, please insert the support CD to SATA3_A2 ports.) STEP 2: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. 58 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard English Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page.
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... STEP 1: Set Up UEFI. A. 2.16.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 59 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard English B. Set the option "SATA Mode" to [IDE]. (For SATA2_0 to SATA2_3, SATA3_0 and...
... STEP 1: Set Up UEFI. A. 2.16.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 59 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard English B. Set the option "SATA Mode" to [IDE]. (For SATA2_0 to SATA2_3, SATA3_0 and...
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...; x 4 - Ready-to -Use USB 2.0 ポート x 4 - IR x 1 193 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard THX TruStudioTM - 7.1 CH HD (X79 Extreme6) (Realtek ALC898 Codec) - Wake-On-LAN - PS/2 x 1 - PS/2 x 1 - 同軸...RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 および Intel Rapid Storage 3.0) をサ ポート , NCQ, AHCI および "Hot Plug 5 x SATA3 6.0Gb - Realtek RTL8111E - Premium Blu-ray THX TruStudioTM LAN - Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az ASRock LAN X79 Extreme6...
...; x 4 - Ready-to -Use USB 2.0 ポート x 4 - IR x 1 193 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard THX TruStudioTM - 7.1 CH HD (X79 Extreme6) (Realtek ALC898 Codec) - Wake-On-LAN - PS/2 x 1 - PS/2 x 1 - 同軸...RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 および Intel Rapid Storage 3.0) をサ ポート , NCQ, AHCI および "Hot Plug 5 x SATA3 6.0Gb - Realtek RTL8111E - Premium Blu-ray THX TruStudioTM LAN - Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az ASRock LAN X79 Extreme6...
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...file into a USB fl ash disk. Create RAID array for details. 4. B. When you see "Where do you want to be installed on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in the first step. 246 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard English page, please click "Load Driver". Installing OS... on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for you have copied in RAID Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI...
...file into a USB fl ash disk. Create RAID array for details. 4. B. When you see "Where do you want to be installed on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in the first step. 246 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard English page, please click "Load Driver". Installing OS... on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for you have copied in RAID Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI...
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 7 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 7 2.6 Deleting RAID Volumes 11 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2.
Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 7 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 7 2.6 Deleting RAID Volumes 11 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2.
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... in the support CD. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel X79 chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. You may install SATA hard disks...
... in the support CD. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel X79 chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. You may install SATA hard disks...
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... and maintains an identical image of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive...
... and maintains an identical image of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data mirroring that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive...
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... Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. RAID 10 RAID 10 is best suited for fault-tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum...
... Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. RAID 10 RAID 10 is best suited for fault-tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum...