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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 ...63 2.20 SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation 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...
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 ...63 2.20 SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation 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...
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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 ... 92 3.6 Boot Screen 93 3.7 Security Screen 94 3.8 Exit Screen 95 4 Software Support 96 4.1 Install Operating System 96 4.2 Support CD Information 96 4.2.1 Running Support CD 96 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 96 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 96 4.2.4 Contact Information 96 4
... 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 ... 92 3.6 Boot Screen 93 3.7 Security Screen 94 3.8 Exit Screen 95 4 Software Support 96 4.1 Install Operating System 96 4.2 Support CD Information 96 4.2.1 Running Support CD 96 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 96 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 96 4.2.4 Contact Information 96 4
User Manual
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...SATA2 / SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. SATA data cable (Red) B. A. 7-pin SATA data cable B. The latest SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Please follow below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. ...procedure is designed only for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Please make sure the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is installed into system properly. Even some SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power connector ...
...SATA2 / SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. SATA data cable (Red) B. A. 7-pin SATA data cable B. The latest SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Please follow below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. ...procedure is designed only for SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Please make sure the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is installed into system properly. Even some SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power connector ...
User Manual
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...Intel® SATA2 / SATA3 port. Then, the drivers compatible to your optical drive first. Please follow the instruction to install OS on your system, and click the "Load Driver" button to load Intel® RAID drivers. Intel® RAID drivers are located in the Support CD, "Guide to ...SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is not supported under Windows® XP / ...
...Intel® SATA2 / SATA3 port. Then, the drivers compatible to your optical drive first. Please follow the instruction to install OS on your system, and click the "Load Driver" button to load Intel® RAID drivers. Intel® RAID drivers are located in the Support CD, "Guide to ...SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is not supported under Windows® XP / ...
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... the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document 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 fl...ash, and then load drivers from the USB flash disk. 2.23 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM...
... the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document 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 fl...ash, and then load drivers from the USB flash disk. 2.23 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM...
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... item "UEFI:xxx" to find the RAID driver. select "Browse" to boot. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you want to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for you system. You can download the driver from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the fi...64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel_v3.0.0.1112 3. B. 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. Create RAID array for details. 4. D. Please refer to install Windows?" Install ...
... item "UEFI:xxx" to find the RAID driver. select "Browse" to boot. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you want to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for you system. You can download the driver from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the fi...64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel_v3.0.0.1112 3. B. 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. Create RAID array for details. 4. D. Please refer to install Windows?" Install ...
Quick Installation Guide
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.../ XP 64-bit OS on the support CD driver page. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can work properly. 2.15 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP...RAID functions, please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Please follow below steps. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. 2.14 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. 58 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6...
.../ XP 64-bit OS on the support CD driver page. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can work properly. 2.15 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP...RAID functions, please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Please follow below steps. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. 2.14 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. 58 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6...
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... directory (xx\AMD64\) you system. Installing OS on a large size HDD (>2TB). 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. Please refer to be installed... UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for you have copied in the first step. 246 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard English C. D. Please make sure to find the RAID driver. Create RAID array for details. 4. select "Browse" to use Windows...
... directory (xx\AMD64\) you system. Installing OS on a large size HDD (>2TB). 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. Please refer to be installed... UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for you have copied in the first step. 246 ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB / X79 Extreme6 Motherboard English C. D. Please make sure to find the RAID driver. Create RAID array for details. 4. select "Browse" to use Windows...
RAID Installation Guide
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...are allowed to check the installation guide in the Support CD for RAID configuration. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in Windows® environment, install "SATA2 driver" from the Support CD again so that "Intel Rapid Storage" ...will be installed to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the Support CD, "Guide to your system as ...
...are allowed to check the installation guide in the Support CD for RAID configuration. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in Windows® environment, install "SATA2 driver" from the Support CD again so that "Intel Rapid Storage" ...will be installed to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the Support CD, "Guide to your system as ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...the F6 installation method must be used to RAID. 5. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows Vista* or Note Microsoft Windows 7*. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at... arrow keys to scroll through the list of hard drives and press Space to select the physical disks. 6. Click F10 to enable RAID in System BIOS Use the instructions included with your motherboard to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. Enable...
...the F6 installation method must be used to RAID. 5. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows Vista* or Note Microsoft Windows 7*. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at... arrow keys to scroll through the list of hard drives and press Space to select the physical disks. 6. Click F10 to enable RAID in System BIOS Use the instructions included with your motherboard to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. Enable...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert ;a floppy disk containing the following steps to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Select the volume size and press Enter. 8. This message appears at the beginning of available SCSI adapters. Press Enter. 5. At the...Press S to confirm volume creation. 10. At this point, you need 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...
...disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert ;a floppy disk containing the following steps to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Select the volume size and press Enter. 8. This message appears at the beginning of available SCSI adapters. Press Enter. 5. At the...Press S to confirm volume creation. 10. At this point, you need 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...
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...You will then be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system installation. Press S to Specify Additional Device. 3. Note If you do not need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. You do not have a floppy drive on Microsoft Windows Vista* and ...Microsoft Windows 7* because Intel provided a RAID driver as part of the final package. Press F6 when you can use a USB floppy drive ...
...You will then be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system installation. Press S to Specify Additional Device. 3. Note If you do not need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. You do not have a floppy drive on Microsoft Windows Vista* and ...Microsoft Windows 7* because Intel provided a RAID driver as part of the final package. Press F6 when you can use a USB floppy drive ...
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...replacing the text within the quotation marks. // Insert the lines below , as outlined in order to install the RAID or AHCI driver, as applicable, into the UNATTEND.TXT file [MassStorageDrivers] "Intel(R) 82801R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller" = OEM 18 To extract these files, run the executable (e.g. Perform the following command line options: -A ... Manager version 8.8) with the following steps in the Microsoft document Deployment Guide Automating Windows NT* Setup. How to do unattended install of AHCI/RAID driver on Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003* The unattended method of the README.TXT.
...replacing the text within the quotation marks. // Insert the lines below , as outlined in order to install the RAID or AHCI driver, as applicable, into the UNATTEND.TXT file [MassStorageDrivers] "Intel(R) 82801R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller" = OEM 18 To extract these files, run the executable (e.g. Perform the following command line options: -A ... Manager version 8.8) with the following steps in the Microsoft document Deployment Guide Automating Windows NT* Setup. How to do unattended install of AHCI/RAID driver on Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003* The unattended method of the README.TXT.