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Contents 5.3.3 Audio configurations 5-13 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-17 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-23 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-24 5.3.7 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-25 5.4 RAID configurations 5-26 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 5-26 5.4.2 AMD® RAID configurations 5-27 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-33 vi
Contents 5.3.3 Audio configurations 5-13 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-17 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-23 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-24 5.3.7 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-25 5.4 RAID configurations 5-26 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 5-26 5.4.2 AMD® RAID configurations 5-27 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-33 vi
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M3A specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Storage LAN High Definition audio USB ASUS AI Lifestyle unique features BIOS features AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon™... PCIe 2.0 / 1.0 Architecture - 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 - 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100 Atheros® PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 Realtek ALC883 8-channel High Definition audio CODEC - ASUS AI Gear 2 - ASUS Noise Filter ASUS EZ DIY - ASUS AI Nap - ASUS EZ Flash 2 8 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM2...
M3A specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Storage LAN High Definition audio USB ASUS AI Lifestyle unique features BIOS features AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon™... PCIe 2.0 / 1.0 Architecture - 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 - 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100 Atheros® PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 Realtek ALC883 8-channel High Definition audio CODEC - ASUS AI Gear 2 - ASUS Noise Filter ASUS EZ DIY - ASUS AI Nap - ASUS EZ Flash 2 8 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM2...
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...8226; These connectors are using Windows® XP or later version. • When using Serial ATA hard disk drives. right angle side ASUS M3A 2-25 See section 4.4.3 Chipset for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. SATA3 [red]; If you install SATA hard disk drives ... a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards. Refer to the SATA1/2/3/4 connector. AMD® SB600 Southbridge Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red]; If you are set the Onchip SATA Type item in the motherboard support CD. •...
...8226; These connectors are using Windows® XP or later version. • When using Serial ATA hard disk drives. right angle side ASUS M3A 2-25 See section 4.4.3 Chipset for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. SATA3 [red]; If you install SATA hard disk drives ... a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards. Refer to the SATA1/2/3/4 connector. AMD® SB600 Southbridge Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red]; If you are set the Onchip SATA Type item in the motherboard support CD. •...
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.... When set the OnChip SATA Type. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] ASUS M3A 4-15
.... When set the OnChip SATA Type. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] ASUS M3A 4-15
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software informtion 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-30 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-38 ASUS M3A
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software informtion 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-30 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-38 ASUS M3A
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... Wizard Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet driver. ATI RAID/AHCI Controller Driver Installs the ATI® RAID/AHCI controller drivers. ASUS InstAll - 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices.
... Wizard Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet driver. ATI RAID/AHCI Controller Driver Installs the ATI® RAID/AHCI controller drivers. ASUS InstAll - 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices.
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... to create an AMD® Serial ATA RAID driver disk. Make ATI 32bit Vista RAID Allows you to create an AMD® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for 64bit Windows Vista™ operating system. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ATI WEBPAM Installs the ATI WebPAM RAID Utility. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make... Disk menu contains items to create an AMD® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for 32bit Windows Vista™ operating system. Make ATI 64bit Vista RAID Allows you can connect to the ASUS website. Before using the ASUS Update, make sure that you have an Internet connection so that ...
... to create an AMD® Serial ATA RAID driver disk. Make ATI 32bit Vista RAID Allows you to create an AMD® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for 64bit Windows Vista™ operating system. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ATI WEBPAM Installs the ATI WebPAM RAID Utility. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make... Disk menu contains items to create an AMD® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for 32bit Windows Vista™ operating system. Make ATI 64bit Vista RAID Allows you can connect to the ASUS website. Before using the ASUS Update, make sure that you have an Internet connection so that ...
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...the SATA signal cables. 3. Two hard disks perform the same work as RAID sets. Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support CD for this setup. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations. RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to a second ... write data in the other drive. See section 5.2.5 Manual menu. 5-26 Chapter 5: Software support RAID 0+1 is required for details. 5.4.1 Installing hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Refer to be of two new identical hard disk drives is data...
...the SATA signal cables. 3. Two hard disks perform the same work as RAID sets. Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support CD for this setup. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations. RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to a second ... write data in the other drive. See section 5.2.5 Manual menu. 5-26 Chapter 5: Software support RAID 0+1 is required for details. 5.4.1 Installing hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Refer to be of two new identical hard disk drives is data...
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... the Main Menu, go to [RAID]. 3. ASUS M3A 5-27 5.4.2 AMD® RAID configurations The AMD® RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1configurations. See section 5.2.4 Make Disk menu for reference only, and may also set the RAID configurations in the BIOS Setup before you have installed the Serial ATA RAID driver. Boot up your screen.... You may not exactly match the items on your computer, and press during POST to save the changes and exit. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in BIOS You must set the OnChip SATA Type item to Storage Configuration, and set the...
... the Main Menu, go to [RAID]. 3. ASUS M3A 5-27 5.4.2 AMD® RAID configurations The AMD® RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1configurations. See section 5.2.4 Make Disk menu for reference only, and may also set the RAID configurations in the BIOS Setup before you have installed the Serial ATA RAID driver. Boot up your screen.... You may not exactly match the items on your computer, and press during POST to save the changes and exit. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in BIOS You must set the OnChip SATA Type item to Storage Configuration, and set the...
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AMD® FastBuild™ Utility To enter the AMD® FastBuild™ utility: 1. Boot up your computer. 2. creates a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 0+1 configuration. Delete LD - Controller Configuration - Press , , , or to enter the option you to select an operation to display the main ...menu of the hard disk drives. press to Select Option [ESC] Exit The Main Menu above allows you need; deletes a selected RAID set and partition. Press during POST to perform. The Main Menu options include: View Drive Assignments - shows the status of the utility. FastBuild ...
AMD® FastBuild™ Utility To enter the AMD® FastBuild™ utility: 1. Boot up your computer. 2. creates a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 0+1 configuration. Delete LD - Controller Configuration - Press , , , or to enter the option you to select an operation to display the main ...menu of the hard disk drives. press to Select Option [ESC] Exit The Main Menu above allows you need; deletes a selected RAID set and partition. Press during POST to perform. The Main Menu options include: View Drive Assignments - shows the status of the utility. FastBuild ...
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... key to enter the "Define LD" function. 2. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 0 Total Drv 2 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ] Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (... (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 LD 2 LD 3 LD 4 LD 5 LD 6 LD 7 LD 8 RAID Mode RAID 0 Total Drv 2 Capacity(MB) xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select ASUS M3A 5-29
... key to enter the "Define LD" function. 2. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 0 Total Drv 2 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ] Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (... (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 LD 2 LD 3 LD 4 LD 5 LD 6 LD 7 LD 8 RAID Mode RAID 0 Total Drv 2 Capacity(MB) xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select ASUS M3A 5-29
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...) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 LD 2 LD 3 LD 4 LD 5 LD 6 LD 7 LD 8 RAID Mode RAID 1 Total Drv 2 Capacity(MB) xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select 5-30 Chapter 5: Software support Press , ...and the following screen. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 1 Total Drv 2 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ] Channel:ID Drive Model...
...) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 LD 2 LD 3 LD 4 LD 5 LD 6 LD 7 LD 8 RAID Mode RAID 1 Total Drv 2 Capacity(MB) xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select 5-30 Chapter 5: Software support Press , ...and the following screen. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 1 Total Drv 2 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ] Channel:ID Drive Model...
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...Total Drv 4 Capacity(MB) xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select ASUS M3A 5-31 Creating a RAID 0+1 configuration To create a RAID 0+1 set Y to any key to continue. In the Main Menu, press to save the setting. Move to the Assignment... : 1. Press to use maxinum capacity... FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 10 Total Drv 4 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ] Channel:ID Drive Model...
...Total Drv 4 Capacity(MB) xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select ASUS M3A 5-31 Creating a RAID 0+1 configuration To create a RAID 0+1 set Y to any key to continue. In the Main Menu, press to save the setting. Move to the Assignment... : 1. Press to use maxinum capacity... FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 10 Total Drv 4 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ] Channel:ID Drive Model...
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In the Main Menu, press to delete and press or . Deleting a RAID configuration To create a RAID set: 1. Select the RAID item you want to enter the "Delete LD" function. 2. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Delete LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 LD 2 LD 3 LD 4 LD 5 LD 6 LD 7 LD 8 RAID Mode RAID 10 Total Drv 4 Capacity(MB) xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Del or Alt+D] Delete 5-32 Chapter 5: Software support
In the Main Menu, press to delete and press or . Deleting a RAID configuration To create a RAID set: 1. Select the RAID item you want to enter the "Delete LD" function. 2. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 AMD Technology, Inc. [ Delete LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 LD 2 LD 3 LD 4 LD 5 LD 6 LD 7 LD 8 RAID Mode RAID 10 Total Drv 4 Capacity(MB) xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Del or Alt+D] Delete 5-32 Chapter 5: Software support
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...the installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to avoid computer virus infection. To create a RAID driver disk: 1. Press during POST to complete the process. Start Windows® . 2. Place the motherboard support CD into the optical drive. 6. Follow succeeding screen instructions to enter the BIOS ... During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to boot from the optical drive." ASUS M3A 5-33 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device. 4. The following ...
...the installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to avoid computer virus infection. To create a RAID driver disk: 1. Press during POST to complete the process. Start Windows® . 2. Place the motherboard support CD into the optical drive. 6. Follow succeeding screen instructions to enter the BIOS ... During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to boot from the optical drive." ASUS M3A 5-33 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device. 4. The following ...