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... 4-12 4.3.4 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 4-15 4.3.5 ASUS PC Probe II 4-24 4.3.6 ASUS AI Suite 4-30 4.3.7 ASUS AI Gear 2 4-32 4.3.8 ASUS AI Nap 4-33 4.3.9 ASUS Q-Fan 2 4-34 4.3.10 ASUS AI Booster 4-35 4.3.11 ASUS Express Gate 4-36 4.3.12 AMD OverDrive (AOD 4-45 4.4 RAID configurations 4-46 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-46 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-47 4.4.3 AMD®...
... 4-12 4.3.4 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 4-15 4.3.5 ASUS PC Probe II 4-24 4.3.6 ASUS AI Suite 4-30 4.3.7 ASUS AI Gear 2 4-32 4.3.8 ASUS AI Nap 4-33 4.3.9 ASUS Q-Fan 2 4-34 4.3.10 ASUS AI Booster 4-35 4.3.11 ASUS Express Gate 4-36 4.3.12 AMD OverDrive (AOD 4-45 4.4 RAID configurations 4-46 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-46 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-47 4.4.3 AMD®...
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M3A79-T Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory ... Supports CPU up to 140W AMD® 790FX / SB750 Up to Quad CrossFireX™ Southbridge: - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports supporting RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 - 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 Marvell® 88SE6111 SATA controller - 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s ...SATA On-The-Go) Marvell® 88E8056 Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 ADI® AD2000B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - ASUS Noise Filtering LSI® L-FW3227 controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports...
M3A79-T Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory ... Supports CPU up to 140W AMD® 790FX / SB750 Up to Quad CrossFireX™ Southbridge: - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports supporting RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 - 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 Marvell® 88SE6111 SATA controller - 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s ...SATA On-The-Go) Marvell® 88E8056 Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 ADI® AD2000B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - ASUS Noise Filtering LSI® L-FW3227 controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports...
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...Pack 1 before using Serial ATA. • For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD. • If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set to [RAID]. 2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information If you intend to create a Serial ATA... These connectors are set the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS to the SATA1-6 connectors, you install SATA hard disk drives to [RAID]. If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB750 controller.
...Pack 1 before using Serial ATA. • For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD. • If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set to [RAID]. 2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information If you intend to create a Serial ATA... These connectors are set the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS to the SATA1-6 connectors, you install SATA hard disk drives to [RAID]. If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB750 controller.
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... storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you an overview of commands. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 3-15 Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item is set this...Item +- AMI BIOS Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. Processor Displays the auto-detected CPU specification. When this item to [RAID]. Ensure that you've installed the AHCI driver, so that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. The...
... storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you an overview of commands. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 3-15 Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item is set this...Item +- AMI BIOS Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. Processor Displays the auto-detected CPU specification. When this item to [RAID]. Ensure that you've installed the AHCI driver, so that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. The...
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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 4-9 4.4 RAID configurations 4-46 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-53 ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe
Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-9 4.4 RAID configurations 4-46 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-53 ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe
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ASUS InstAll - USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 4-2 Chapter 4: Software support SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI audio driver and ... AMD® chipset drivers for the AMD 790FX chipset. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. Marvell 61xx SATA RAID Controller Driver Installs the Marvell® Serial ATA...
ASUS InstAll - USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 4-2 Chapter 4: Software support SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI audio driver and ... AMD® chipset drivers for the AMD 790FX chipset. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. Marvell 61xx SATA RAID Controller Driver Installs the Marvell® Serial ATA...
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... ATI® force™ RAID/AHCI driver disk. ASUS Express Gate Installer Allows you to Install or update ASUS Express Gate functions. ATI RAID/AHCI 32/64bit WinXP/Vista Driver Allows you to create ATI RAID/AHCI driver disks for detailed information. Anti-Virus Utility The anti-virus application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-5
... ATI® force™ RAID/AHCI driver disk. ASUS Express Gate Installer Allows you to Install or update ASUS Express Gate functions. ATI RAID/AHCI 32/64bit WinXP/Vista Driver Allows you to create ATI RAID/AHCI driver disks for detailed information. Anti-Virus Utility The anti-virus application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-5
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...setup. The new drive must be calculated and written. RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to a second drive. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the AMD SB750 chipset that of a single...best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system. Two hard ...
...setup. The new drive must be calculated and written. RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to a second drive. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the AMD SB750 chipset that of a single...best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system. Two hard ...
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...; RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Setting the RAID item...when creating a disk array. Install the internal Serial ATA hard disk drives to [RAID]. 3. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-47 In the Main Menu, go to Storage Configuration, and set the RAID item in this : 1. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on...
...; RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Setting the RAID item...when creating a disk array. Install the internal Serial ATA hard disk drives to [RAID]. 3. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-47 In the Main Menu, go to Storage Configuration, and set the RAID item in this : 1. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on...
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... the option you to select an operation to display the main menu of the hard disk drives. • Define LD: creates a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration. • Delete LD: deletes a selected RAID set and partition. • Controller Configuration: Shows the system resources configuration. Press , , , or to exit the utility. 4-48 Chapter 4: Software support...
... the option you to select an operation to display the main menu of the hard disk drives. • Define LD: creates a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration. • Delete LD: deletes a selected RAID set and partition. • Controller Configuration: Shows the system resources configuration. Press , , , or to exit the utility. 4-48 Chapter 4: Software support...
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... 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 [↑]Up [ Keys Available ] [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-49 Press , and the following screen. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology,... Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 0 Total Drv 2 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON...
... 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 [↑]Up [ Keys Available ] [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-49 Press , and the following screen. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology,... Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 0 Total Drv 2 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON...
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...the "Define LD" function. 2. Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any key to erase MBR! Creating a RAID 1 configuration To create a RAID 1 set Y to select RAID 1. 4. Press to key in the desired capacity or press any other key to continue. 6. Press , and the following ...Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI 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 [↑]Up [ Keys Available ] [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select 4-50 Chapter 4: Software support In...
...the "Define LD" function. 2. Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any key to erase MBR! Creating a RAID 1 configuration To create a RAID 1 set Y to select RAID 1. 4. Press to key in the desired capacity or press any other key to continue. 6. Press , and the following ...Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI 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 [↑]Up [ Keys Available ] [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select 4-50 Chapter 4: Software support In...
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... 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 [↑]Up [ Keys Available ] [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-51 Press , and the following screen. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology,... Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 10 Total Drv 4 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ...
... 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 [↑]Up [ Keys Available ] [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-51 Press , and the following screen. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology,... Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No LD 1 RAID Mode RAID 10 Total Drv 4 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ...
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In the Main Menu, press to delete and press or . FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI 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 4-52 Chapter 4: Software support Select the RAID item you want to enter the "Delete LD" function. 2. Deleting a RAID configuration To create a RAID set: 1.
In the Main Menu, press to delete and press or . FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI 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 4-52 Chapter 4: Software support Select the RAID item you want to enter the "Delete LD" function. 2. Deleting a RAID configuration To create a RAID set: 1.
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...the BIOS setup utility. 3. Start Windows®. 2. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-53 Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in a RAID set. Place the motherboard support DVD into the floppy disk drive/USB port....drive as the primary boot device. 4. For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either the motherboard support CD/ DVD or a USB device with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in...
...the BIOS setup utility. 3. Start Windows®. 2. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-53 Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in a RAID set. Place the motherboard support DVD into the floppy disk drive/USB port....drive as the primary boot device. 4. For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either the motherboard support CD/ DVD or a USB device with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in...
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Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 4-54 Chapter 4: Software support To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to ...OS installation, select SB 750. 3. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/ USB port. 2. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. During the OS installation, the ...
Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 4-54 Chapter 4: Software support To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to ...OS installation, select SB 750. 3. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/ USB port. 2. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. During the OS installation, the ...