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... FAN Xpert 4-5 4.3.4 Probe II 4-6 4.3.5 Sensor Recorder 4-7 4.3.6 Ai Charger 4-8 4.3.7 Audio configurations 4-9 4.4 RAID configurations 4-11 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-11 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-12 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-12 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility..... 4-12 4.5 Creating... a RAID driver disk 4-16 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-16 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-16 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation 4-...
... FAN Xpert 4-5 4.3.4 Probe II 4-6 4.3.5 Sensor Recorder 4-7 4.3.6 Ai Charger 4-8 4.3.7 Audio configurations 4-9 4.4 RAID configurations 4-11 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-11 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-12 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-12 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility..... 4-12 4.5 Creating... a RAID driver disk 4-16 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-16 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-16 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation 4-...
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P8B WS specifications summary CPU ..., DDR3 1333/1066 MHz, ECC/non-ECC, un-buffered memory Dual channel architecture Support Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) **Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL(Qualified Vendors Lidts). 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (@ x16 or x8) 1 x PCIe... 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 (@ x1) 1 x PCI Multi-VGA output support: DVI-I �n�t�e�l® Rapid Storage Technology supports RAID 0, ���1�, �5�a�n�d��1�0 2 x Intel® 82574L GbE LAN - resolution 1920 x 1200...
P8B WS specifications summary CPU ..., DDR3 1333/1066 MHz, ECC/non-ECC, un-buffered memory Dual channel architecture Support Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) **Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL(Qualified Vendors Lidts). 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (@ x16 or x8) 1 x PCIe... 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 (@ x1) 1 x PCI Multi-VGA output support: DVI-I �n�t�e�l® Rapid Storage Technology supports RAID 0, ���1�, �5�a�n�d��1�0 2 x Intel® 82574L GbE LAN - resolution 1920 x 1200...
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...the manual bundled in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section 3.5.5 SATA Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. Intel® C206 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/2 [gray]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb...connectors are using these connectors, set using Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. 2-20 Chapter 2: Hardware information The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you intend to [IDE Mode] by default. 2.2.9 Internal connectors 1. If you are set to create a Serial ATA...
...the manual bundled in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section 3.5.5 SATA Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. Intel® C206 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/2 [gray]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb...connectors are using these connectors, set using Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. 2-20 Chapter 2: Hardware information The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you intend to [IDE Mode] by default. 2.2.9 Internal connectors 1. If you are set to create a Serial ATA...
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... [IDE Mode] by default. If you are set to [AHCI Mode]. ASUS P8B WS 2-21 Intel® C206 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [blue]) These connectors connect to section 3.5.5 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...
... [IDE Mode] by default. If you are set to [AHCI Mode]. ASUS P8B WS 2-21 Intel® C206 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [blue]) These connectors connect to section 3.5.5 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...
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...Blue) Not Present SATA3G_5 (Blue) Not Present SATA3G_6 (Blue) Not Present Boot Tool (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. EFI BIOS Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. The SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA ...BIOS Utility - Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] 3.5.5 SATA Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. ASUS P8B WS 3-17 High Precision Timer [Enabled] Allows you to the corresponding SATA port. Version 2.00.1201. Advanced Mode Exit Main Back Ai Tweaker ...
...Blue) Not Present SATA3G_5 (Blue) Not Present SATA3G_6 (Blue) Not Present Boot Tool (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. EFI BIOS Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. The SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA ...BIOS Utility - Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] 3.5.5 SATA Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. ASUS P8B WS 3-17 High Precision Timer [Enabled] Allows you to the corresponding SATA port. Version 2.00.1201. Advanced Mode Exit Main Back Ai Tweaker ...
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...than four SATA devices. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Hot Plug [Disabled] Allows you set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode] Disables the SATA function. This item appears only when you to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Set to enable or... disable the hot plug function of each SATA port. Set to [Enhanced] to [AHCI Mode] or [RAID Mode] 3-18 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Up to four SATA devices are supported under these operating systems. Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] This item ...
...than four SATA devices. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Hot Plug [Disabled] Allows you set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode] Disables the SATA function. This item appears only when you to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Set to enable or... disable the hot plug function of each SATA port. Set to [Enhanced] to [AHCI Mode] or [RAID Mode] 3-18 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Up to four SATA devices are supported under these operating systems. Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] This item ...
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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 4-3 4.4 RAID configurations 4-11 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-16 ASUS P8B WS
Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.4 RAID configurations 4-11 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-16 ASUS P8B WS
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.... The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that you can install to install. Click an item to change at www.asus.com for reference only. Refer to your computer, browse the contents of the user manual. Click each menu tab and select the... the RAID/AHCI driver disk. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. ASUS P8B WS 4-1 Visit the ASUS website ...
.... The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that you can install to install. Click an item to change at www.asus.com for reference only. Refer to your computer, browse the contents of the user manual. Click each menu tab and select the... the RAID/AHCI driver disk. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. ASUS P8B WS 4-1 Visit the ASUS website ...
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... copy of the data in a RAID set as a boot disk. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. With the RAID 10 configuration you are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set...RAID feature is best suited for this setup. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. If one drive to the entire system. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to a second drive. ASUS P8B WS...
... copy of the data in a RAID set as a boot disk. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. With the RAID 10 configuration you are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set...RAID feature is best suited for this setup. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. If one drive to the entire system. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to a second drive. ASUS P8B WS...
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... then exit the BIOS Setup. Turn on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup. During POST, press + to [RAID Mode]. 4. Create RAID Volume 3. Exit RAID Volumes: None defined. [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION Physical Devices: Port Device Model Serial Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 0...Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Option ROM - Connect a SATA power cable to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. v10.0.0.1032 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Reset Disks to the Advanced menu > SATA Configuration, and then press . 3. Refer...
... then exit the BIOS Setup. Turn on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup. During POST, press + to [RAID Mode]. 4. Create RAID Volume 3. Exit RAID Volumes: None defined. [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION Physical Devices: Port Device Model Serial Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 0...Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Option ROM - Connect a SATA power cable to Chapter 3 for a RAID configuration: 1. v10.0.0.1032 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Reset Disks to the Advanced menu > SATA Configuration, and then press . 3. Refer...
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...screen appears: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Enter a name for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen. Create RAID Volume and press . v10.0.0.1032 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. The SELECT DISKS screen appears: [ SELECT DISKS ] Port Drive Model ...RAID level to create, and then press . 4. The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for RAID configuration. Option ROM - The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you want to include in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done ASUS P8B WS...
...screen appears: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Enter a name for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen. Create RAID Volume and press . v10.0.0.1032 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. The SELECT DISKS screen appears: [ SELECT DISKS ] Port Drive Model ...RAID level to create, and then press . 4. The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for RAID configuration. Option ROM - The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you want to include in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done ASUS P8B WS...
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...main menu, or to go back to select. When the Create Volume item is selected, enter the RAID volume capacity that you want and press . The following are typical values: RAID 0: 128KB RAID 10: 64KB RAID 5: 64KB We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia...and then press . When the Capacity item is selected, press . The available stripe size values range from 4KB to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for audio and video editing. 7. Press after completing your selection. 6. Use the up /down arrow key to 128KB. Are you sure ...
...main menu, or to go back to select. When the Create Volume item is selected, enter the RAID volume capacity that you want and press . The following are typical values: RAID 0: 128KB RAID 10: 64KB RAID 5: 64KB We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia...and then press . When the Capacity item is selected, press . The available stripe size values range from 4KB to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for audio and video editing. 7. Press after completing your selection. 6. Use the up /down arrow key to 128KB. Are you sure ...
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... 2. v10.0.0.1032 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set you want to delete volume "Volume0"? (Y/N): 3. Press to delete the RAID set . From the utility main menu, select 5. ASUS P8B WS 4-15 WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. (This does not apply to the DELETE VOLUME...
... 2. v10.0.0.1032 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set you want to delete volume "Volume0"? (Y/N): 3. Press to delete the RAID set . From the utility main menu, select 5. ASUS P8B WS 4-15 WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. (This does not apply to the DELETE VOLUME...
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...computer. 2. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. You have to 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 complete the process. Set the optical drive as the... destination disk. 6. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 7. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to avoid a computer virus infection. 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support Select USB floppy disk ...
...computer. 2. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. You have to 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 complete the process. Set the optical drive as the... destination disk. 6. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 7. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to avoid a computer virus infection. 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support Select USB floppy disk ...
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... support DVD to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. ASUS P8B WS 4-17 To install the...
... support DVD to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. ASUS P8B WS 4-17 To install the...
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.... 2. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Double-click the file. Right-click My Computer on the Windows® desktop or start menu, and ... floppy disk drive when you to select the program for opening the oem file. 4-18 Chapter 4: Software support Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window.
.... 2. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Double-click the file. Right-click My Computer on the Windows® desktop or start menu, and ... floppy disk drive when you to select the program for opening the oem file. 4-18 Chapter 4: Software support Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window.