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Contents 4.3.2 Audio configurations 4-4 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 4-5 4.3.4 ASUS Express Gate SSD / ASUS Express Gate 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 4-7 4.3.6 ASUS EPU 4-8 4.3.7 ASUS Q-Fan 2 4-9 4.3.8 ASUS AI Nap 4-10 4.3.9 ASUS TurboV 4-11 4.3.10 ASUS Turbo Key 4-12 4.4 RAID configurations 4-13 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-13 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-14 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations 4-14 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-20 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-20 4.5.2 Creating...
Contents 4.3.2 Audio configurations 4-4 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 4-5 4.3.4 ASUS Express Gate SSD / ASUS Express Gate 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 4-7 4.3.6 ASUS EPU 4-8 4.3.7 ASUS Q-Fan 2 4-9 4.3.8 ASUS AI Nap 4-10 4.3.9 ASUS TurboV 4-11 4.3.10 ASUS Turbo Key 4-12 4.4 RAID configurations 4-13 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-13 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-14 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations 4-14 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-20 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-20 4.5.2 Creating...
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... Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking - M4A79 Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots...'n' Quiet™ Technology AMD® 790FX / SB750 Up to 2 PATA devices - 5 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5 ,10 and JBOD support - 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port Realtek® 8112 Gigabit LAN controller featuring... - Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back panel) (continued on the next page) xi one at midboard; ASUS Noise Filtering VIA® VT6315N controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ...
... Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking - M4A79 Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots...'n' Quiet™ Technology AMD® 790FX / SB750 Up to 2 PATA devices - 5 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5 ,10 and JBOD support - 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port Realtek® 8112 Gigabit LAN controller featuring... - Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back panel) (continued on the next page) xi one at midboard; ASUS Noise Filtering VIA® VT6315N controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ...
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...ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-5) These connectors are set the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. 2-30 Chapter 2: Hardware information If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 or JBOD configuration through the onboard AMD® SB750 controller. These connectors are for the Serial ATA...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 the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS ...
...ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-5) These connectors are set the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. 2-30 Chapter 2: Hardware information If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 or JBOD configuration through the onboard AMD® SB750 controller. These connectors are for the Serial ATA...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 the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS ...
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... that you want to display the submenu. Set to [RAID] when you 've installed the AHCI driver, so that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to the processor. Chapter 3 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 3-11 Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Storage Configuration OnChip SATA Channel... for the transfer of a particular amount of commands. This item appears only when you enable the OnChip SATA Channel item. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want to configure your storage devices. When this function. 3.4.2 Storage Configuration The Storage Configuration...
... that you want to display the submenu. Set to [RAID] when you 've installed the AHCI driver, so that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to the processor. Chapter 3 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 3-11 Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Storage Configuration OnChip SATA Channel... for the transfer of a particular amount of commands. This item appears only when you enable the OnChip SATA Channel item. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want to configure your storage devices. When this function. 3.4.2 Storage Configuration The Storage Configuration...
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...motherboard supports Windows® XP/ 64-bit XP/ Vista™ operating systems (OS). Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS...www.asus.com for reference only. Click the Contact tab to use the devices. ASUS M4A79 Deluxe ...the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that the motherboard supports....and corresponding updates to avail all motherboard features. The DVD automatically displays... Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information...
...motherboard supports Windows® XP/ 64-bit XP/ Vista™ operating systems (OS). Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS...www.asus.com for reference only. Click the Contact tab to use the devices. ASUS M4A79 Deluxe ...the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that the motherboard supports....and corresponding updates to avail all motherboard features. The DVD automatically displays... Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information...
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... of the data in the other business systems. Use a minimum of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 4-13 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 a selected hard disk drive. The new drive must be calculated and...
... of the data in the other business systems. Use a minimum of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 4-13 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 a selected hard disk drive. The new drive must be calculated and...
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... items on each drive. 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. In the Main Menu, go to Storage Configuration, and set the RAID item in this : 1. Connect a SATA power cable to [RAID]. 3. Chapter 4 4-14 Chapter 4: Software support... hard disks drives through the AMD SB750 chip. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance,...
... items on each drive. 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. In the Main Menu, go to Storage Configuration, and set the RAID item in this : 1. Connect a SATA power cable to [RAID]. 3. Chapter 4 4-14 Chapter 4: Software support... hard disks drives through the AMD SB750 chip. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance,...
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... 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. The Main Menu options include: • View Drive Assignments: shows the status of the utility. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 4-15 Boot up your computer. 2.
... 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. The Main Menu options include: • View Drive Assignments: shows the status of the utility. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 4-15 Boot up your computer. 2.
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...MBR! LD 4 ---- FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 2 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ]...xxxxxx N [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Space] Change Option [Ctrl-Y]Save 3. LD 5 ---- Creating a RAID 0 configuration To create a RAID 0 set Y to any two of the drives. 5. LD 3 ---- The utility prompts the following messages: Press Ctrl-Y if you are ...
...MBR! LD 4 ---- FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 2 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ]...xxxxxx N [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Space] Change Option [Ctrl-Y]Save 3. LD 5 ---- Creating a RAID 0 configuration To create a RAID 0 set Y to any two of the drives. 5. LD 3 ---- The utility prompts the following messages: Press Ctrl-Y if you are ...
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... 3. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity(MB) Status LD 1 RAID 1 2 xxxxxx Functional LD 2 ---- LD 6 ---- LD 8 ---- [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select Chapter 4 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 4-17 Highlight the LD1 item and press to save the setting. Press any other...
... 3. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity(MB) Status LD 1 RAID 1 2 xxxxxx Functional LD 2 ---- LD 6 ---- LD 8 ---- [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select Chapter 4 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 4-17 Highlight the LD1 item and press to save the setting. Press any other...
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...---- [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select Chapter 4 4-18 Chapter 4: Software support Creating a RAID 10 configuration To create a RAID 10 set Y to save the setting. Press + to erase MBR or press any key to enter the "Define LD" function. 2....LD 5 ---- LD 7 ---- FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 10 4 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ] Channel:ID...
...---- [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Enter] Select Chapter 4 4-18 Chapter 4: Software support Creating a RAID 10 configuration To create a RAID 10 set Y to save the setting. Press + to erase MBR or press any key to enter the "Define LD" function. 2....LD 5 ---- LD 7 ---- FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 10 4 Strip Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Define LD Menu ] Channel:ID...
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Select the RAID item you want to enter the "Delete LD" function. 2. In the Main Menu, press to delete and press or + . LD No LD 1 LD 2 LD 3 LD 4 LD 5 LD 6 LD 7 LD 8 [ Delete LD Menu ] RAID Mode RAID 10 Total Drv Capacity(MB) 4 xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Del or Alt+D] Delete Chapter 4 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 4-19 FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. Deleting a RAID configuration To create a RAID set: 1.
Select the RAID item you want to enter the "Delete LD" function. 2. In the Main Menu, press to delete and press or + . LD No LD 1 LD 2 LD 3 LD 4 LD 5 LD 6 LD 7 LD 8 [ Delete LD Menu ] RAID Mode RAID 10 Total Drv Capacity(MB) 4 xxxxxx Status Functional [ Keys Available ] [↑]Up [↓]Down [ESC]Exit [Del or Alt+D] Delete Chapter 4 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 4-19 FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. Deleting a RAID configuration To create a RAID set: 1.
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... complete the process. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 4. To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device. 4. Place the motherboard support DVD into the floppy drive then press . 9. Insert a...virus infection. For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with the RAID driver. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Insert the support DVD into ...
... complete the process. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 4. To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device. 4. Place the motherboard support DVD into the floppy drive then press . 9. Insert a...virus infection. For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with the RAID driver. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Insert the support DVD into ...