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4.3.8 ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility-TurboV EVO......... 4-23 4.3.9 ROG Connect 4-26 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-28 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-29 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-29 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-30 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-33 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-33 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows®...
4.3.8 ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility-TurboV EVO......... 4-23 4.3.9 ROG Connect 4-26 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-28 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-29 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-29 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-30 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-33 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-33 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows®...
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...SATA port. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-19 Crosshair IV Formula BIOS Setup Main Storage Configuration OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled] SATA Port1 - Port4 [IDE] SATA Port5 - Set to [RAID] when you want to use the SATA connectors 1-6 in the system. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced ... ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. 3.4.5 Storage Configuration The items in this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical drives connected to the SATA connectors 5 or 6 when installing OS. •...
...SATA port. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-19 Crosshair IV Formula BIOS Setup Main Storage Configuration OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled] SATA Port1 - Port4 [IDE] SATA Port5 - Set to [RAID] when you want to use the SATA connectors 1-6 in the system. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced ... ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. 3.4.5 Storage Configuration The items in this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical drives connected to the SATA connectors 5 or 6 when installing OS. •...
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Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-7 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 ROG Crosshair IV Formula
Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-7 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 ROG Crosshair IV Formula
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...of the support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that the motherboard supports.... XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. The contents of supplementary user manuals. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1 Use the setup procedures presented in your hardware. ...
...of the support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that the motherboard supports.... XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. The contents of supplementary user manuals. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1 Use the setup procedures presented in your hardware. ...
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AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit WinXP Driver Allows you to create an AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64 bit WinXP Driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Click an item to create the AMD RAID driver disk. 4.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit WinXP Driver Allows you to create an AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64 bit WinXP Driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Click an item to create the AMD RAID driver disk. 4.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
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... striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. The Serial ATA RAID feature is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning,... of three identical hard disk drives for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and...
... striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. The Serial ATA RAID feature is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning,... of three identical hard disk drives for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and...
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... the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 5. To work around this OS limitation, refer to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-33 For Windows® Vista or ...later operating systems, use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk...
... the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 5. To work around this OS limitation, refer to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-33 For Windows® Vista or ...later operating systems, use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk...
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... to use a SATA optical drive to run the OS installation disk, we strongly recommend that you to complete the installation. To install the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB... issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Using another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to the USB flash drive. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to...
... to use a SATA optical drive to run the OS installation disk, we strongly recommend that you to complete the installation. To install the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB... issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Using another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to the USB flash drive. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to...
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Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Double-click the file. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-35 The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Select Device Manager. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. 3.
Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Double-click the file. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-35 The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Select Device Manager. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. 3.