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... DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals 4-2 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.3.1 ASUS PC Probe II 4-3 4.3.2 ASUS AI Suite 4-4 4.3.3 ASUS EPU 4-5 4.3.4 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS TurboV 4-7 4.3.6 ASUS Express Gate SSD 4-8 4.3.7 Audio configurations 4-9 4.4 RAID configurations 4-10 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-10 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-11 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-11 4.4.4 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility...
... DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals 4-2 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.3.1 ASUS PC Probe II 4-3 4.3.2 ASUS AI Suite 4-4 4.3.3 ASUS EPU 4-5 4.3.4 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS TurboV 4-7 4.3.6 ASUS Express Gate SSD 4-8 4.3.7 Audio configurations 4-9 4.4 RAID configurations 4-10 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-10 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-11 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-11 4.4.4 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility...
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...P6X58D Premium specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN Audio IEEE 1394 USB LGA1366 socket for Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition / Core™ i7 Processor Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology * Refer to www.asus...ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology Intel® ICH10R Southbridge - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports - Intel® Matrix Storage Technology supports SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 Marvell® 88SE9123 SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller - 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports Dual Gigabit LAN controllers 2 x Marvell® ...
...P6X58D Premium specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN Audio IEEE 1394 USB LGA1366 socket for Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition / Core™ i7 Processor Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology * Refer to www.asus...ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology Intel® ICH10R Southbridge - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports - Intel® Matrix Storage Technology supports SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 Marvell® 88SE9123 SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller - 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports Dual Gigabit LAN controllers 2 x Marvell® ...
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..., you are using Windows® XP SP 2 or later version. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set , refer to section 4.4 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the BIOS to Standard IDE mode by default. ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6 [blue]) These connectors are ... you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend to these connectors, set to [AHCI]. See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details. ASUS P6X58D Premium 2-29 If you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to create a Serial ATA RAID set using Serial ATA hard disk drives.
..., you are using Windows® XP SP 2 or later version. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set , refer to section 4.4 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the BIOS to Standard IDE mode by default. ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6 [blue]) These connectors are ... you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend to these connectors, set to [AHCI]. See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details. ASUS P6X58D Premium 2-29 If you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to create a Serial ATA RAID set using Serial ATA hard disk drives.
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...only when you set the SATA configuration. Set to [AHCI] when you to set the SATA Configuration item to [Enhanced] or [Compatible]. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Allows you...Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] [Enabled] Enables device write protection. Select an item then press to internally optimize the order of commands. Set to [RAID] when you to configure your storage devices. This function will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. [Disabled] Disables this function....
...only when you set the SATA configuration. Set to [AHCI] when you to set the SATA Configuration item to [Enhanced] or [Compatible]. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Allows you...Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] [Enabled] Enables device write protection. Select an item then press to internally optimize the order of commands. Set to [RAID] when you to configure your storage devices. This function will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. [Disabled] Disables this function....
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...® XP/ 64-bit XP/ Vista / 64-bit Vista / 7 / 64-bit 7 operating systems (OS). Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an icon to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. The contents of your computer. The DVD automatically displays... you want to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Click an item to install Click the Contact tab to run the DVD. ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-1 Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to maximize the features of the support DVD are subject to avail all motherboard features...
...® XP/ 64-bit XP/ Vista / 64-bit Vista / 7 / 64-bit 7 operating systems (OS). Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an icon to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. The contents of your computer. The DVD automatically displays... you want to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Click an item to install Click the Contact tab to run the DVD. ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-1 Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to maximize the features of the support DVD are subject to avail all motherboard features...
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..., and other drive. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive fails, the disk array management software directs ...sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 functions to Windows® XP / Vista limitation, a RAID array with the Intel® ICH10R Southbridge controller that of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. RAID 5 stripes both system performance and data safety. Among the ...
..., and other drive. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive fails, the disk array management software directs ...sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 functions to Windows® XP / Vista limitation, a RAID array with the Intel® ICH10R Southbridge controller that of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. RAID 5 stripes both system performance and data safety. Among the ...
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...your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup. Due to chipset limitation, when set (s) using SATA HDDs. Reset Disks to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. 4.4.4 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility To enter the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM ...ST3160812AS [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Serial # 9LS0HJA4 9LS0F4HL 3LS0JYL8 9LS0BJ5H Size 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Chapter 4 [↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-11
...your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup. Due to chipset limitation, when set (s) using SATA HDDs. Reset Disks to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. 4.4.4 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility To enter the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM ...ST3160812AS [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Serial # 9LS0HJA4 9LS0F4HL 3LS0JYL8 9LS0BJ5H Size 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB 149.0GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Chapter 4 [↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-11
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...appears: Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.0.0.1038 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] Enter a unique volume name that has ...no special characters and is selected, press the up/down arrow key to select a RAID level to create, and then press . 4. The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for reference only and may not exactly match the ...
...appears: Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.0.0.1038 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] Enter a unique volume name that has ...no special characters and is selected, press the up/down arrow key to select a RAID level to create, and then press . 4. The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for reference only and may not exactly match the ...
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... the Capacity item is selected, press . Are you sure you want to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for audio and video editing. 7. Chapter 4 ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-13 A small triangle marks the selected drive. Use the up /down arrow key to create this volume?... (Y/N): 9. The following are typical values: RAID 0: 128KB RAID 10: 64KB RAID 5: 64KB We recommend a lower stripe size for server ...
... the Capacity item is selected, press . Are you sure you want to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for audio and video editing. 7. Chapter 4 ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-13 A small triangle marks the selected drive. Use the up /down arrow key to create this volume?... (Y/N): 9. The following are typical values: RAID 0: 128KB RAID 10: 64KB RAID 5: 64KB We recommend a lower stripe size for server ...
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... VOLUME WILL BE LOST! From the utility main menu, select 4. Press to exit or press to return to select the RAID set you delete a RAID set . Delete RAID Volume and press . The following screen appears: Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.0.0.1038 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08... the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager To exit the utility: 1. To delete a RAID set and return to the utility main menu, or press to return to non-RAID. Deleting a RAID set Take caution when deleting a RAID set . You will reset the disks to the DELETE VOLUME menu. WARNING: ALL ...
... VOLUME WILL BE LOST! From the utility main menu, select 4. Press to exit or press to return to select the RAID set you delete a RAID set . Delete RAID Volume and press . The following screen appears: Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.0.0.1038 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08... the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager To exit the utility: 1. To delete a RAID set and return to the utility main menu, or press to return to non-RAID. Deleting a RAID set Take caution when deleting a RAID set . You will reset the disks to the DELETE VOLUME menu. WARNING: ALL ...
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..., and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Disk to section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Chapter 4 ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-15 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy...
..., and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Disk to section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Chapter 4 ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-15 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy...
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... the installation. During the OS installation, select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the USB floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. ...16 Chapter 4: Software support Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. During the OS installation, the system...
... the installation. During the OS installation, select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the USB floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. ...16 Chapter 4: Software support Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. During the OS installation, the system...
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...are displayed. 5. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. Chapter 4 ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-17 Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Double-click the file. or 3. To solve this issue,... the USB floppy disk drive when you to select the program for opening the oem file. The name of the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to the steps below: 1. Using another computer, plug the ...
...are displayed. 5. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. Chapter 4 ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-17 Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Double-click the file. or 3. To solve this issue,... the USB floppy disk drive when you to select the program for opening the oem file. The name of the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to the steps below: 1. Using another computer, plug the ...