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... Probe II 4-3 4.3.2 Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology 4-4 4.3.3 ASUS AI Suite 4-5 4.3.4 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS EPU 4-7 4.3.6 ASUS Express Gate 4-8 4.3.7 Audio configurations 4-9 4.3.8 ASUS GPU Boost 4-10 4.4 ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility-TurboV EVO 4-11 4.4.1 Using ASUS TurboV 4-11 4.4.2 Using ASUS TurboV Auto Tuning Mode 4-12 4.4.3 Using CPU Level UP 4-13 4.4.4 Using ASUS Turbo Key 4-13 4.5 RAID configurations 4-14 4.5.1 RAID definitions 4-14 4.5.2 Installing Serial ATA hard...
... Probe II 4-3 4.3.2 Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology 4-4 4.3.3 ASUS AI Suite 4-5 4.3.4 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS EPU 4-7 4.3.6 ASUS Express Gate 4-8 4.3.7 Audio configurations 4-9 4.3.8 ASUS GPU Boost 4-10 4.4 ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility-TurboV EVO 4-11 4.4.1 Using ASUS TurboV 4-11 4.4.2 Using ASUS TurboV Auto Tuning Mode 4-12 4.4.3 Using CPU Level UP 4-13 4.4.4 Using ASUS Turbo Key 4-13 4.5 RAID configurations 4-14 4.5.1 RAID definitions 4-14 4.5.2 Installing Serial ATA hard...
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...Sound - We recommend using a Windows® 32-bit OS. *** R efer to www.asus.com or this motherboard can support up to 5200 MT/s; Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and... panel) (continued on the next page) xi Integrated ATI® Radeon™ HD 4250 GPU Supports HDMI™ with RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 support VIA® VT6415 PATA controller - 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 for up to...more, Windows® 32-bit operating system may only recognize less than 3 GB. M4A88TD-M/USB3 specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory VGA output Expansion slots Storage LAN Audio USB...
...Sound - We recommend using a Windows® 32-bit OS. *** R efer to www.asus.com or this motherboard can support up to 5200 MT/s; Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and... panel) (continued on the next page) xi Integrated ATI® Radeon™ HD 4250 GPU Supports HDMI™ with RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 support VIA® VT6415 PATA controller - 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 for up to...more, Windows® 32-bit operating system may only recognize less than 3 GB. M4A88TD-M/USB3 specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory VGA output Expansion slots Storage LAN Audio USB...
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... and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors to IDE mode by default. The Serial ATA RAID feature is the parallel port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers. LPT is standardized as a printer. ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 2-29 AMD® SB850 Serial ATA Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 1~6) These connectors are ... LPT) The LPT (Line Printing Terminal) connector supports devices such as IEEE 1284, which is available only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. If you are set the type of the SATA connectors to these connectors, set to...
... and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors to IDE mode by default. The Serial ATA RAID feature is the parallel port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers. LPT is standardized as a printer. ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 2-29 AMD® SB850 Serial ATA Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 1~6) These connectors are ... LPT) The LPT (Line Printing Terminal) connector supports devices such as IEEE 1284, which is available only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. If you are set the type of the SATA connectors to these connectors, set to...
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... random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • When this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical dirves connected to the SATA connectors 5 or 6 when installing OS. The.... Port6 [IDE] Setting this item is set the SATA configuration. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want to configure your storage devices. Chapter 3 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 3-13 Port4 SATA Port5 - Main M4A88TD-M/USB3 BIOS Setup SATA Configuration OnChip SATA Speed OnChip SATA Channel SATA Port1 - OnChip SATA...
... random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • When this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical dirves connected to the SATA connectors 5 or 6 when installing OS. The.... Port6 [IDE] Setting this item is set the SATA configuration. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want to configure your storage devices. Chapter 3 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 3-13 Port4 SATA Port5 - Main M4A88TD-M/USB3 BIOS Setup SATA Configuration OnChip SATA Speed OnChip SATA Channel SATA Port1 - OnChip SATA...
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...procedures presented in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Refer to your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE ...Highlights tab to display the software information Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an item to change at www.asus.com for reference only. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual...motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that the motherboard supports. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-1
...procedures presented in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Refer to your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE ...Highlights tab to display the software information Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an item to change at www.asus.com for reference only. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual...motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that the motherboard supports. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-1
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... key applications before turning on the Express Gate splash screen, and then press the key during POST. • Click in RAID mode. 4.3.6 ASUS Express Gate ASUS Express Gate is an ASUS exclusive OS that provides you power on the computer. When installed on USB HDDs or Flash drives, connect the drive to ...when the system language of available disk space. Adjust the screen resolution from ODD and USB drives and downloading to USB drives only. • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on SATA HDDs, USB HDDs and Flash drives with quick access to speed the boot-up time. •...
... key applications before turning on the Express Gate splash screen, and then press the key during POST. • Click in RAID mode. 4.3.6 ASUS Express Gate ASUS Express Gate is an ASUS exclusive OS that provides you power on the computer. When installed on USB HDDs or Flash drives, connect the drive to ...when the system language of available disk space. Adjust the screen resolution from ODD and USB drives and downloading to USB drives only. • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on SATA HDDs, USB HDDs and Flash drives with quick access to speed the boot-up time. •...
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... as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you get all applications to Windows® XP / Vista / 7 limitation, a RAID array with the AMD® SB850 chipset that of data from one drive to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. The new drive...a new drive for this setup. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Chapter 4 4-14 Chapter 4: Software support A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set , you are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all...
... as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you get all applications to Windows® XP / Vista / 7 limitation, a RAID array with the AMD® SB850 chipset that of data from one drive to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. The new drive...a new drive for this setup. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Chapter 4 4-14 Chapter 4: Software support A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set , you are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all...
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... SATA hard disks for details. Go to the power connector on each drive. 4.5.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID volume(s) using SATA HDDs. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-15 Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST...
... SATA hard disks for details. Go to the power connector on each drive. 4.5.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID volume(s) using SATA HDDs. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-15 Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST...
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...Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to Select Option [ESC] Exit The Main Menu allows you need; press to display the utility main menu. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are set and partition. • Controller Configuration: shows the system resources configuration. Chapter 4 4-16 ... • LD View / LD Define Menu: displays the existing RAID set information / creates a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration. • Delete LD Menu: deletes a selected RAID set to perform. To create a RAID volume using more than four hard disk drives, ensure that the SATA...
...Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to Select Option [ESC] Exit The Main Menu allows you need; press to display the utility main menu. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are set and partition. • Controller Configuration: shows the system resources configuration. Chapter 4 4-16 ... • LD View / LD Define Menu: displays the existing RAID set information / creates a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration. • Delete LD Menu: deletes a selected RAID set to perform. To create a RAID volume using more than four hard disk drives, ensure that the SATA...
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...to enter the screen to modify the array capacity, or press any key to input the LD name. Creating a RAID volume To create a RAID volume: 1. Press + to use the maximum capacity. The utility prompts the following screen appears. Eenter an LD name...then press any key to save the setting. 6. If you do not input any key to include in the RAID set Y to select the hard disk drives you may press any LD name, the default LD name will ...the Main Menu, press to enter the LD View / LD Define Menu function. 2. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-17 Press + , and the following message.
...to enter the screen to modify the array capacity, or press any key to input the LD name. Creating a RAID volume To create a RAID volume: 1. Press + to use the maximum capacity. The utility prompts the following screen appears. Eenter an LD name...then press any key to save the setting. 6. If you do not input any key to include in the RAID set Y to select the hard disk drives you may press any LD name, the default LD name will ...the Main Menu, press to enter the LD View / LD Define Menu function. 2. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-17 Press + , and the following message.
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...to delte the data in the disk! Chapter 4: Software support Chapter 4 Deleting a RAID configuration Take caution when deleting a RAID volume. Press + to abort... or press any other key to delete the RAID volume. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you want to ...display its information. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ View LD Defination Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) LD 1 xxxxx RAID 0 2 157.99 Strip Block 64 KB Cache Mode WriteThru Port:ID 01:00 02:00 Drive Model xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx [ Drives ...
...to delte the data in the disk! Chapter 4: Software support Chapter 4 Deleting a RAID configuration Take caution when deleting a RAID volume. Press + to abort... or press any other key to delete the RAID volume. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you want to ...display its information. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ View LD Defination Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) LD 1 xxxxx RAID 0 2 157.99 Strip Block 64 KB Cache Mode WriteThru Port:ID 01:00 02:00 Drive Model xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx [ Drives ...
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... Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Press , and then insert the floppy disk with the RAID driver or the support DVD. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-19 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...
... Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Press , and then insert the floppy disk with the RAID driver or the support DVD. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. Chapter 4 ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-19 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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...flash drive with different vendors. 4. Chapter 4 4-20 Chapter 4: Software support Click OK. 4. Refer to complete the installation. Before loading the RAID driver from the pop-up window. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to the... Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from a USB flash drive, you have to install, select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. or 3. Select Device Manager. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive...
...flash drive with different vendors. 4. Chapter 4 4-20 Chapter 4: Software support Click OK. 4. Refer to complete the installation. Before loading the RAID driver from the pop-up window. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to the... Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from a USB flash drive, you have to install, select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. or 3. Select Device Manager. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive...
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Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. Type the following line to the bottom of the RAID driver disk to both sections. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. 8. Find the [HardwareIds.SCSI.Napa_i386_ahci8086] and [HardwareIds.SCSI.Napa_amd64_ahci] sections in the ...","ahcix64" id= "USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901", "usbstor" Add the same line to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Save and exit the file. 5. Double-click the file. ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-21 Chapter 4
Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. Type the following line to the bottom of the RAID driver disk to both sections. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. 8. Find the [HardwareIds.SCSI.Napa_i386_ahci8086] and [HardwareIds.SCSI.Napa_amd64_ahci] sections in the ...","ahcix64" id= "USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901", "usbstor" Add the same line to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Save and exit the file. 5. Double-click the file. ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3 4-21 Chapter 4