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... 4.3.10 System Information 4-15 4.3.11 Audio configurations 4-16 4.4 RAID configurations 4-17 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-17 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-18 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-18 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-19 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-22 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-22 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-22 4.5.3 Installing the...
... 4.3.10 System Information 4-15 4.3.11 Audio configurations 4-16 4.4 RAID configurations 4-17 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-17 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-18 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-18 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-19 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-22 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-22 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-22 4.5.3 Installing the...
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... 100 Series Processors� AMD® 970 / SB950 Up to 4800 MT/s; Supports 192khz/24bit BD Lossless Sound - ASUS Noise Filter 1 x ASMedia USB 3.0 controllers: - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue) AMD® ...PDIF Out ports at back panel) (continued on the next page) M5A97 PRO specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN...® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology AMD® SB950 Chipset - 6 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 JMicron® JMB362 SATA controller - 2 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports Realtek® 8111E...
... 100 Series Processors� AMD® 970 / SB950 Up to 4800 MT/s; Supports 192khz/24bit BD Lossless Sound - ASUS Noise Filter 1 x ASMedia USB 3.0 controllers: - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue) AMD® ...PDIF Out ports at back panel) (continued on the next page) M5A97 PRO specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN...® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology AMD® SB950 Chipset - 6 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 JMicron® JMB362 SATA controller - 2 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports Realtek® 8111E...
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... drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. Refer to section 3.5.3 SATA Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.4 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • When using these connectors, set the SATA Mode in the...You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. ASUS M5A97 PRO 2-19 If you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB950 chipset. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives,...
... drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. Refer to section 3.5.3 SATA Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.4 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • When using these connectors, set the SATA Mode in the...You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. ASUS M5A97 PRO 2-19 If you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB950 chipset. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives,...
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...connectors 1-6 can be seen only under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you set to [AHCI], the information of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical drives connected to the SATA connectors 5 or 6 when installing Windows XP OS. • When the ...to install the AHCI driver, so that you could use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. [AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to ...
...connectors 1-6 can be seen only under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you set to [AHCI], the information of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical drives connected to the SATA connectors 5 or 6 when installing Windows XP OS. • When the ...to install the AHCI driver, so that you could use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. [AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to ...
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...• Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-1 Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. Refer to...��V��is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of your OS documentation for reference only. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. Click an...
...• Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-1 Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. Refer to...��V��is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of your OS documentation for reference only. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. Click an...
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... parallel, interleaved stacks. Among the advantages of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-17 The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. • You must be set as a boot disk. Two hard disks perform the same work as it ... and maintains an identical image of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to be set , you get all the...
... parallel, interleaved stacks. Among the advantages of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-17 The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. • You must be set as a boot disk. Two hard disks perform the same work as it ... and maintains an identical image of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to be set , you get all the...
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...item to the Advanced menu > SATA Configuration > SB SATA Configuration, and then press . 3. Connect a SATA power cable to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Install... Chapter 4: Software support To install the SATA hard disks for details on each drive. 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID set any of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. Due to...
...item to the Advanced menu > SATA Configuration > SB SATA Configuration, and then press . 3. Connect a SATA power cable to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Install... Chapter 4: Software support To install the SATA hard disks for details on each drive. 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must enable the RAID function in the BIOS Setup before creating RAID set any of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. Due to...
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...ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-19 During POST, press + to exit the utility. The Main Menu options include: • View Drive Assignments: shows the status of the hard disk drives. • LD View / LD D��e�f�in this section are set and partition. • Controller Configuration: shows the system resources configuration. The RAID...;�e�n�u��: 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. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 ...
...ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-19 During POST, press + to exit the utility. The Main Menu options include: • View Drive Assignments: shows the status of the hard disk drives. • LD View / LD D��e�f�in this section are set and partition. • Controller Configuration: shows the system resources configuration. The RAID...;�e�n�u��: 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. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 ...
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...following screen appears. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD Define Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2 Strip Block 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary ON Fast Init ON Cache Mode WriteThru Port:ID 01:00 02:00 03...65533;p�r�e�s�s��a�n��y�k�e��y�t�o��c�o�n�t�in the RAID set. 5. Chapter 4 4-20 Chapter 4: Software support Move to the Assignment item by using the down arrow key and set Y...
...following screen appears. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ LD Define Menu ] LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2 Strip Block 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary ON Fast Init ON Cache Mode WriteThru Port:ID 01:00 02:00 03...65533;p�r�e�s�s��a�n��y�k�e��y�t�o��c�o�n�t�in the RAID set. 5. Chapter 4 4-20 Chapter 4: Software support Move to the Assignment item by using the down arrow key and set Y...
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... Assignments ] Capabilities Capacity(GB) xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx Any Key To Continue....... Deleting a RAID configuration Take caution when deleting a RAID volume. To delete a RAID volume: 1. ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-21 Chapter 4 Select the RAID item you delete a RAID volume. In the Main Menu, press to delete the RAID volume. Select a RAID item and press to enter the Delete LD function. 2. Dispalying...
... Assignments ] Capabilities Capacity(GB) xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx Any Key To Continue....... Deleting a RAID configuration Take caution when deleting a RAID volume. To delete a RAID volume: 1. ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-21 Chapter 4 Select the RAID item you delete a RAID volume. In the Main Menu, press to delete the RAID volume. Select a RAID item and press to enter the Delete LD function. 2. Dispalying...
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... press to avoid a computer virus infection. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Boot your computer. 2. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. ...drive as the destination disk. 6. 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 drive due to section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 ...
... press to avoid a computer virus infection. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Boot your computer. 2. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. ...drive as the destination disk. 6. 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 drive due to section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 ...
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.... 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Before loading the RAID driver from the support DVD to the USB flash drive. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-23 Click OK. 4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation If you use a SATA optical drive to...
.... 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Before loading the RAID driver from the support DVD to the USB flash drive. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 PRO 4-23 Click OK. 4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation If you use a SATA optical drive to...
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... limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive when you to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk...Computer on the Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from a floppy disk during the OS installation. The name of the RAID driver disk to the steps below: 1. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the ...
... limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive when you to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk...Computer on the Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from a floppy disk during the OS installation. The name of the RAID driver disk to the steps below: 1. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the ...