Intel Rapid Storage Guide
Page 12
... in the system BIOS, a RAID volume must be created, and the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Press Enter to select the physical disks. 6.
... in the system BIOS, a RAID volume must be created, and the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Press Enter to select the physical disks. 6.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
Page 13
....SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Setup will then be visible. 6. You will temporarily continue loading drivers. Press Enter. 5. At the prompt press Y to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Press Enter to scroll through the list as all controllers may not ... with the Note necessary files. 4. Press Y to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to load support for mass storage ...
....SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Setup will then be visible. 6. You will temporarily continue loading drivers. Press Enter. 5. At the prompt press Y to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Press Enter to scroll through the list as all controllers may not ... with the Note necessary files. 4. Press Y to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to load support for mass storage ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
Page 16
...F6 if you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. This message appears at the beginning of the final package. How to load the driver during OS installation using the F6 installation method. 1. Press S to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you need to use a USB... insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert a floppy disk containing the following steps to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you can use the Floppy Configuration Utility to Specify Additional Device. 3. Note If you see a message in RAID mode ...
...F6 if you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. This message appears at the beginning of the final package. How to load the driver during OS installation using the F6 installation method. 1. Press S to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you need to use a USB... insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert a floppy disk containing the following steps to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you can use the Floppy Configuration Utility to Specify Additional Device. 3. Note If you see a message in RAID mode ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
Page 17
... need to copy the files again from the floppy to confirm your controller from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Select your controller and continue. Once Windows setup has copied these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows...
... need to copy the files again from the floppy to confirm your controller from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Select your controller and continue. Once Windows setup has copied these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows...
RAID Installation Guide
Page 7
... After installing the hard disk drives, please set the option SATA Mode Selection to enter BIOS setup utility. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your system, and press key to [RAID]. Boot your USB storage device with RAID functions, please...
... After installing the hard disk drives, please set the option SATA Mode Selection to enter BIOS setup utility. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your system, and press key to [RAID]. Boot your USB storage device with RAID functions, please...
RAID Installation Guide
Page 18
Please make sure to boot. 18 STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit...
Please make sure to boot. 18 STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit...
RAID Installation Guide
Page 19
Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Continue to find the RAID driver. page, please click "Load Driver". select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Start Windows® Installation. Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?" When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step.
Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Continue to find the RAID driver. page, please click "Load Driver". select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Start Windows® Installation. Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?" When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step.
RAID Installation Guide
Page 20
... hotfix KB2505454 through this hotfix then reboot by itself. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. After installing Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take more ...time to fix this problem. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take about 5 minutes to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 20 Reboot your system. (It may take a long time; >30 mins.) C. E. Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 8.1 64-...
... hotfix KB2505454 through this hotfix then reboot by itself. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. After installing Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take more ...time to fix this problem. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take about 5 minutes to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 20 Reboot your system. (It may take a long time; >30 mins.) C. E. Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 8.1 64-...
User Manual
Page 4
... 2.10.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 34 2.10.2 Installing Three SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 36 2.10.3 Installing Four SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 38 2.10.4 Driver Installation and Setup 40 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM , 4-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 41
... 2.10.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 34 2.10.2 Installing Three SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 36 2.10.3 Installing Four SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 38 2.10.4 Driver Installation and Setup 40 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM , 4-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 41
User Manual
Page 5
... 3.2 Formula Drive 50 3.3 ASRock Cloud (on Qualcomm® Atheros® AR8171) 56 3.4 ASRock APP Shop 66 3.4.1 UI Overview 66 3.4.2 Apps 67 3.4.3 BIOS & Drivers 70 3.4.4 Setting 71 3.5 Start8 72 Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 78 4.1 Introduction 78 4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 78 4.1.2 Navigation Keys 79 4.2 Main Screen 80 4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 81 4.4 Advanced Screen 91 4.4.1 CPU Coniguration 92
... 3.2 Formula Drive 50 3.3 ASRock Cloud (on Qualcomm® Atheros® AR8171) 56 3.4 ASRock APP Shop 66 3.4.1 UI Overview 66 3.4.2 Apps 67 3.4.3 BIOS & Drivers 70 3.4.4 Setting 71 3.5 Start8 72 Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 78 4.1 Introduction 78 4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 78 4.1.2 Navigation Keys 79 4.2 Main Screen 80 4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 81 4.4 Advanced Screen 91 4.4.1 CPU Coniguration 92
User Manual
Page 40
... supported. Make sure that your system requires. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology. Make sure that the cards are NVIDIA® certiied. 2. Please refer to the NVIDIA® website for details. 2.10.1 ...CPU with 28 lanes, 4-Way SLITM is recommended to use identical SLITM-ready graphics cards that are properly seated on the slots. Requirements 1. Download the drivers from the NVIDIA® website: www.nvidia.com 3. You should only use a NVIDIA® certiied PSU.
... supported. Make sure that your system requires. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology. Make sure that the cards are NVIDIA® certiied. 2. Please refer to the NVIDIA® website for details. 2.10.1 ...CPU with 28 lanes, 4-Way SLITM is recommended to use identical SLITM-ready graphics cards that are properly seated on the slots. Requirements 1. Download the drivers from the NVIDIA® website: www.nvidia.com 3. You should only use a NVIDIA® certiied PSU.
User Manual
Page 46
Step 2 In the let pane, click Set SLI and PhysX coniguration. Step 1 Double-click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon in the NVIDIA® nView system tray utility. Step 3 Reboot your system. Ater that, you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) in the Windows® system tray. hen select Maximize 3D performance and click Apply. Please follow the below procedures to your system. 40 English 2.10.4 Driver Installation and Setup Install the graphics card drivers to enable the multi-GPU.
Step 2 In the let pane, click Set SLI and PhysX coniguration. Step 1 Double-click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon in the NVIDIA® nView system tray utility. Step 3 Reboot your system. Ater that, you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) in the Windows® system tray. hen select Maximize 3D performance and click Apply. Please follow the below procedures to your system. 40 English 2.10.4 Driver Installation and Setup Install the graphics card drivers to enable the multi-GPU.
User Manual
Page 47
... / 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit OS. *If you to install up to use identical CrossFireXTM-ready graphics cards that your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology. Diferent CrossFireXTM cards may require diferent methods to your graphics card vendor for details.) English 41 Currently CrossFireXTM, 3-way...install CPU with a 16-pipe card, both cards will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireXTM mode. 5. X99 OC Formula 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM , 4-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide his motherboard supports CrossFireXTM, 3-way CrossFireXTM,...
... / 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit OS. *If you to install up to use identical CrossFireXTM-ready graphics cards that your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology. Diferent CrossFireXTM cards may require diferent methods to your graphics card vendor for details.) English 41 Currently CrossFireXTM, 3-way...install CPU with a 16-pipe card, both cards will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireXTM mode. 5. X99 OC Formula 2.11 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM , 4-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide his motherboard supports CrossFireXTM, 3-way CrossFireXTM,...
User Manual
Page 50
...number according to installation. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any VGA drivers installed in the Windows® system tray. Please check AMD's website for AMD driver updates. English 44 2.11.4 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1 Power on your computer. he Catalyst Uninstaller is... click Apply. Please check AMD's website for details. Step 2 Remove the AMD drivers if you have any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to your system. Step 3 Install the required drivers and CATALYST Control Center then restart your computer and boot into OS. AMD Catalyst ...
...number according to installation. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any VGA drivers installed in the Windows® system tray. Please check AMD's website for AMD driver updates. English 44 2.11.4 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1 Power on your computer. he Catalyst Uninstaller is... click Apply. Please check AMD's website for details. Step 2 Remove the AMD drivers if you have any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to your system. Step 3 Install the required drivers and CATALYST Control Center then restart your computer and boot into OS. AMD Catalyst ...
User Manual
Page 55
.... To improve Windows 7 compatibility, please download and install the following hot ix provided by Microsot. Drivers Menu he Utilities Menu shows the application sotware that enhance the motherboard's features. X99 OC Formula Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3.1 Installing Drivers he CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in the Support CD to...
.... To improve Windows 7 compatibility, please download and install the following hot ix provided by Microsot. Drivers Menu he Utilities Menu shows the application sotware that enhance the motherboard's features. X99 OC Formula Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3.1 Installing Drivers he CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in the Support CD to...
User Manual
Page 56
... as well. 3.2 Formula Drive Formula Drive is ASRock's multi purpose sotware suite with a new interface, more new features and improved utilities, including XFast RAM, Dehumidiier, Good Night LED, FAN-Tastic Tuning, OC Tweaker and a whole lot more. 3.2.1 Installing Formula Drive When you will pop up. 3.2.2 Using Formula Drive here are six sections in -one driver to your...
... as well. 3.2 Formula Drive Formula Drive is ASRock's multi purpose sotware suite with a new interface, more new features and improved utilities, including XFast RAM, Dehumidiier, Good Night LED, FAN-Tastic Tuning, OC Tweaker and a whole lot more. 3.2.1 Installing Formula Drive When you will pop up. 3.2.2 Using Formula Drive here are six sections in -one driver to your...
User Manual
Page 60
Live Update Check for newer versions of their motherboard when overclocking. Hardware Monitor Shows the major readings of your system. Multi Thermal Sensor It provides users the temperature of various parts of the motherboard graphically, so that users may precisely keep track and control of the temperature of each parts of BIOS or drivers. 54 English System Browser System Browser shows the overview of your current PC and the devices connected.
Live Update Check for newer versions of their motherboard when overclocking. Hardware Monitor Shows the major readings of your system. Multi Thermal Sensor It provides users the temperature of various parts of the motherboard graphically, so that users may precisely keep track and control of the temperature of each parts of BIOS or drivers. 54 English System Browser System Browser shows the overview of your current PC and the devices connected.
User Manual
Page 63
... not appear in UEFI SETUP UTILITY > Advanced > ACPI Coniguration. *he UEFI screen is enabled in certain driver versions. 57 English Before coniguring this feature, verify the followings on your home computer from sleep or shutdown state. X99 OC Formula 3.3.1 Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake On Internet Technology Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake...
... not appear in UEFI SETUP UTILITY > Advanced > ACPI Coniguration. *he UEFI screen is enabled in certain driver versions. 57 English Before coniguring this feature, verify the followings on your home computer from sleep or shutdown state. X99 OC Formula 3.3.1 Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake On Internet Technology Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake...
User Manual
Page 76
Click on Step 2 to see a list of recommended or critical updates for the BIOS or drivers. Click to select one or more items you will see more details. Step 3 Click Update to update. Please update them all soon. Step 1 Please check the item information before update. 3.4.3 BIOS & Drivers Installing BIOS or Drivers When the "BIOS & Drivers" tab is selected, you want to start the update process. 70 English
Click on Step 2 to see a list of recommended or critical updates for the BIOS or drivers. Click to select one or more items you will see more details. Step 3 Click Update to update. Please update them all soon. Step 1 Please check the item information before update. 3.4.3 BIOS & Drivers Installing BIOS or Drivers When the "BIOS & Drivers" tab is selected, you want to start the update process. 70 English
User Manual
Page 105
...disable legacy USB support. Set [Enabled] to keep the USB 3.0 driver enabled ater rebooting (USB 3.0 is recommended to disable legacy USB support. If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is disabled in BIOS). 4.4.6 USB Coniguration X99 OC Formula USB Controller Enable or disable all the USB ports. Intel USB 3.0.... 99 English Select UEFI Setup Only to disable the USB 3.0 ports. Set [Smart Auto] to keep the USB 3.0 driver enabled (Must install driver to support USB devices under Windows® 7). If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is enabled in BIOS).
...disable legacy USB support. Set [Enabled] to keep the USB 3.0 driver enabled ater rebooting (USB 3.0 is recommended to disable legacy USB support. If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is disabled in BIOS). 4.4.6 USB Coniguration X99 OC Formula USB Controller Enable or disable all the USB ports. Intel USB 3.0.... 99 English Select UEFI Setup Only to disable the USB 3.0 ports. Set [Smart Auto] to keep the USB 3.0 driver enabled (Must install driver to support USB devices under Windows® 7). If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is enabled in BIOS).