Intel Smart Response Installation Guide
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...website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. Once open RST GUI from either Start Menu or by step instructions below. UI setup instruction: 1. Intel Smart Response Technology Installation Guide This motherboard supports Intel Smart Response Technology... later. 2. After clicking OK button, SRT will enable automatically, and the RST GUI will refresh to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. You can find the UI setup instruction and the step by double-clicking RST Storage icon...
...website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. Once open RST GUI from either Start Menu or by step instructions below. UI setup instruction: 1. Intel Smart Response Technology Installation Guide This motherboard supports Intel Smart Response Technology... later. 2. After clicking OK button, SRT will enable automatically, and the RST GUI will refresh to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. You can find the UI setup instruction and the step by double-clicking RST Storage icon...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... Technology can also improve the performance of disk intensive retrieval applications such as well. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is improved through Native Command Queuing (NCQ). Starting with Link Power Management (LPM), which can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower...
... Technology can also improve the performance of disk intensive retrieval applications such as well. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is improved through Native Command Queuing (NCQ). Starting with Link Power Management (LPM), which can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Click Next. 2 Installation Instructions 1. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3.
Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Click Next. 2 Installation Instructions 1. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7. The application files will now be installed. 3 Click Next. 6.
Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7. The application files will now be installed. 3 Click Next. 6.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...System BIOS Use the instructions included with your motherboard to enable RAID 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 .... 2. When finished press Enter. 12 Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Click F2 or Delete to select the ...
...System BIOS Use the instructions included with your motherboard to enable RAID 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 .... 2. When finished press Enter. 12 Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Click the Storage Configuration menu. 4. Click F2 or Delete to select the ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...the volume size and press Enter. 8. Press F6 when you to confirm volume creation. 10. Use the up and down arrow keys to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Setup will happen immediately after pressing F6. You will then be visible. 6. ...adapters. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Press Y to create the volume. 9. Select 4: Exit and press Enter. 11. When you see a ...
...the volume size and press Enter. 8. Press F6 when you to confirm volume creation. 10. Use the up and down arrow keys to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Setup will happen immediately after pressing F6. You will then be visible. 6. ...adapters. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Press Y to create the volume. 9. Select 4: Exit and press Enter. 11. When you see a ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on any physical disk. If you wish to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface ... the system reboots. Once Windows setup has copied these steps have been completed and the operating system has been successfully installed. 14 the floppy disk in Windows, you will need to install Intel Rapid Storage Technology by Note running the Setup.exe process after these files again, remove the floppy disk so...
Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on any physical disk. If you wish to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface ... the system reboots. Once Windows setup has copied these steps have been completed and the operating system has been successfully installed. 14 the floppy disk in Windows, you will need to install Intel Rapid Storage Technology by Note running the Setup.exe process after these files again, remove the floppy disk so...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...system. 4. If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will need to reinstall the operating system. If your operating system is already installed, you will not be able to use RAID as long as the following steps to create a RAID volume. 1. Enabling the RAID controller may ...cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. You can still use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is enabled. If both of the above conditions are met: • Your system has a...
...system. 4. If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will need to reinstall the operating system. If your operating system is already installed, you will not be able to use RAID as long as the following steps to create a RAID volume. 1. Enabling the RAID controller may ...cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. You can still use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is enabled. If both of the above conditions are met: • Your system has a...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...drivers. When you need to use a USB floppy drive or create a slipstream version of the final package. You will then be used to install an operating system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in AHCI/RAID mode In order to load the Intel® Rapid...supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert a floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using F6 when in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be prompted with the necessary files. You can use the Floppy Configuration Utility ...
...drivers. When you need to use a USB floppy drive or create a slipstream version of the final package. You will then be used to install an operating system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in AHCI/RAID mode In order to load the Intel® Rapid...supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert a floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using F6 when in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be prompted with the necessary files. You can use the Floppy Configuration Utility ...
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Use the up and down arrow keys to the Windows installation folders. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the list of available SCSI adapters. If you wish to use the Intel Rapid ... confirm your controller from the floppy to scroll through the list as needed. Press Enter to run Setup.exe from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Once Windows setup has copied these files again, remove the floppy disk so that...
Use the up and down arrow keys to the Windows installation folders. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the list of available SCSI adapters. If you wish to use the Intel Rapid ... confirm your controller from the floppy to scroll through the list as needed. Press Enter to run Setup.exe from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Once Windows setup has copied these files again, remove the floppy disk so that...
RAID Installation Guide
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...® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 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 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID...
...® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 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 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID...
RAID Installation Guide
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Guide to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 This section will guide you how to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. 1.
Guide to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 This section will guide you how to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. 1.
RAID Installation Guide
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... since the disk array management software will introduce the basic knowledge of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of RAID, and the guide to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is...
... since the disk array management software will introduce the basic knowledge of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of RAID, and the guide to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is...
RAID Installation Guide
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...press key to [RAID]. Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and 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 USB storage device with just one simple click in your SATA / SATA2 / ... is not available for instructions on your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Plug in UEFI setup. STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set RAID configuration. Press key to save your change before setting your system. 7 STEP...
...press key to [RAID]. Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and 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 USB storage device with just one simple click in your SATA / SATA2 / ... is not available for instructions on your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Plug in UEFI setup. STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set RAID configuration. Press key to save your change before setting your system. 7 STEP...
RAID Installation Guide
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... configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD capacity and the OS you are installing. OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Over 2.2 TB Not supported Windows 7 Under 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage...
... configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD capacity and the OS you are installing. OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Over 2.2 TB Not supported Windows 7 Under 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage...
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The actual screen may differ by model on the RAID volume info page and press . *Please note that the UEFI screenshots shown in this installation guide are for reference only. STEP 8: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 12 If you want to start creating the RAID array.
The actual screen may differ by model on the RAID volume info page and press . *Please note that the UEFI screenshots shown in this installation guide are for reference only. STEP 8: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 12 If you want to start creating the RAID array.
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Press to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 16 If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. If you install OS. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you want to complete the setup of RAID.
Press to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 16 If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. If you install OS. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you want to complete the setup of RAID.
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3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 17
3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 17
RAID Installation Guide
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... 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: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. STEP 2: Install Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 8.1 64bit OS Press to launch boot menu at system ...POST and choose the item "UEFI:" to use Windows® 7 64-bit, Windows® 8 64bit, or Windows® 8.1 64-bit. 4. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 7 / 8 / 8.1 does not support HDD's larger than 2TB.
... 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: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. STEP 2: Install Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 8.1 64bit OS Press to launch boot menu at system ...POST and choose the item "UEFI:" to use Windows® 7 64-bit, Windows® 8 64bit, or Windows® 8.1 64-bit. 4. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 7 / 8 / 8.1 does not support HDD's larger than 2TB.
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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. Continue to find the RAID driver. When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?"
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. Continue to find the RAID driver. When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?"