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... II 4-13 4.3.8 BT GO! (Supports BT GO 3.0 4-14 4.3.9 USB 3.0 Boost 4-15 4.3.10 ASUS SSD Caching 4-16 4.3.11 ASUS Update 4-17 4.3.11 MyLogo2 4-18 4.3.12 Audio configurations 4-20 4.4 RAID configurations 4-21 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-21 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-22 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-22 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-22...
... II 4-13 4.3.8 BT GO! (Supports BT GO 3.0 4-14 4.3.9 USB 3.0 Boost 4-15 4.3.10 ASUS SSD Caching 4-16 4.3.11 ASUS Update 4-17 4.3.11 MyLogo2 4-18 4.3.12 Audio configurations 4-20 4.4 RAID configurations 4-21 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-21 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-22 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-22 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-22...
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... Storage Intel® X79 Express Chipset - 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support - 4 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support Marvell® 9128 controller - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports...3.0! - Bluetooth v3.0 + HS (Bluetooth v2.1+EDR & Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n) - P9X79 DELUXE specifications summary CPU 2nd Generation Intel® Core ™ i7 processor family for the LGA 2011...65533;��S��L��I /O (continues on CPU types. ** Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list Chipset Intel® X79 Express Chipset Memory 8 x DIMM, max...
... Storage Intel® X79 Express Chipset - 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support - 4 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support Marvell® 9128 controller - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports...3.0! - Bluetooth v3.0 + HS (Bluetooth v2.1+EDR & Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n) - P9X79 DELUXE specifications summary CPU 2nd Generation Intel® Core ™ i7 processor family for the LGA 2011...65533;��S��L��I /O (continues on CPU types. ** Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list Chipset Intel® X79 Express Chipset Memory 8 x DIMM, max...
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...SATA6G_1/2 [gray]) These connectors connect to the USB Flash Drive before using these connectors, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [RAID Mode], you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® X79 chipset. Chapter 2 ...IRST driver note for OS installation • Windows XP: 32 bit: Intel IRST driver 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 Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. The ...
...SATA6G_1/2 [gray]) These connectors connect to the USB Flash Drive before using these connectors, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [RAID Mode], you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® X79 chipset. Chapter 2 ...IRST driver note for OS installation • Windows XP: 32 bit: Intel IRST driver 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 Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. The ...
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ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 2-27 Refer to section 3.5.4 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 item ...Intel® X79 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [blue]) These connectors connect to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® X79 chipset. Chapter 2 • These connectors are ...
ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 2-27 Refer to section 3.5.4 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 item ...Intel® X79 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [blue]) These connectors connect to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® X79 chipset. Chapter 2 • These connectors are ...
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...]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. • For high performance of ASUS SSD Caching, please connect one HDD and one SSD to Marvell® SATA6G_E1/E2 connectors. • For regular usage, the SATA6G_E1/E2 connectors ...8226; Press + during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a RAID configuration. • If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using the motherboard support DVD and load ...
...]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. • For high performance of ASUS SSD Caching, please connect one HDD and one SSD to Marvell® SATA6G_E1/E2 connectors. • For regular usage, the SATA6G_E1/E2 connectors ...8226; Press + during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a RAID configuration. • If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using the motherboard support DVD and load ...
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...Timer [Enabled] Allows you to disable or enable the CPU C3 report to enable or disable the High Precision Event Timer. Chapter 3 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 3-29 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 3.5.4 SATA Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. Advanced...Hot Plug Not Present Disabled SATA 3G_6 (Blue) Hot Plug Not Present Disabled Boot Tool (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. The SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to enable the Enhanced Halt State. This item should...
...Timer [Enabled] Allows you to disable or enable the CPU C3 report to enable or disable the High Precision Event Timer. Chapter 3 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 3-29 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 3.5.4 SATA Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. Advanced...Hot Plug Not Present Disabled SATA 3G_6 (Blue) Hot Plug Not Present Disabled Boot Tool (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. The SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to enable the Enhanced Halt State. This item should...
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...]. SATA6G_2 (Gray) Hot Plug [Disabled] This item appear only when you want to [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode]. Set to [AHCI Mode] when you set the previous item to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. Chapter 3 3-30 Chapter 3: BIOS setup The AHCI allows the onboard... Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to report warning messages during the POST. Set to [RAID Mode] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to enabled/disabled SATA Hot Plug Support. �C�o��n�fi�...
...]. SATA6G_2 (Gray) Hot Plug [Disabled] This item appear only when you want to [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode]. Set to [AHCI Mode] when you set the previous item to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. Chapter 3 3-30 Chapter 3: BIOS setup The AHCI allows the onboard... Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to report warning messages during the POST. Set to [RAID Mode] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to enabled/disabled SATA Hot Plug Support. �C�o��n�fi�...
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...65533;d�] [Enabled]. SATA3G_6 (Blue) Hot Plug [Disabled] This item appear only when you set the previous item to [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode]. Chapter 3 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 3-31 SATA3G_3 (Blue) Hot Plug [Disabled] This item appear only when you set the previous item to [AHCI Mode] and... [RAID Mode]. It's allow user to enabled/disabled SATA Hot Plug Support. �C�o��n�fi�g�u��...
...65533;d�] [Enabled]. SATA3G_6 (Blue) Hot Plug [Disabled] This item appear only when you set the previous item to [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode]. Chapter 3 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 3-31 SATA3G_3 (Blue) Hot Plug [Disabled] This item appear only when you set the previous item to [AHCI Mode] and... [RAID Mode]. It's allow user to enabled/disabled SATA Hot Plug Support. �C�o��n�fi�g�u��...
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...you to [AHCI Mode] and install the ASM1061 Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Chapter 3 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 3-35 AHCI), we recommend that you set the previous item to [IDE Mode] or [AHCI Mode] and allows you want use the...ASM1061 Storage OPROM [Enabled] This item appears only when you set this item to enable or disable the OptionRom of Marvell RAID. Configuration options: �[D��is�a�b�l�e�d�]�[�I�D�E��M��o...
...you to [AHCI Mode] and install the ASM1061 Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Chapter 3 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 3-35 AHCI), we recommend that you set the previous item to [IDE Mode] or [AHCI Mode] and allows you want use the...ASM1061 Storage OPROM [Enabled] This item appears only when you set this item to enable or disable the OptionRom of Marvell RAID. Configuration options: �[D��is�a�b�l�e�d�]�[�I�D�E��M��o...
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... motherboard supports. Click each menu tab and select the items you can install to install. Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to use the devices. Double-click the ASSETUP....Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-1 The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that you want to avail all motherboard features. The contents of the support DVD...
... motherboard supports. Click each menu tab and select the items you can install to install. Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to use the devices. Double-click the ASSETUP....Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-1 The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that you want to avail all motherboard features. The contents of the support DVD...
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... and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Chapter 4 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-21 Refer to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in a RAID set as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity...
... and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Chapter 4 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-21 Refer to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in a RAID set as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity...
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...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 4-22 Chapter 4: Software support Install the SATA...to the Advanced menu > SATA Configuration, and then press . 3. Option ROM - Exit RAID Volumes: None defined. Recovery Volume Options 5. Connect a SATA power cable to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility To enter the Intel...
...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 4-22 Chapter 4: Software support Install the SATA...to the Advanced menu > SATA Configuration, and then press . 3. Option ROM - Exit RAID Volumes: None defined. Recovery Volume Options 5. Connect a SATA power cable to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together. 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility To enter the Intel...
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... up/down arrow key to select a RAID level to use in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done Chapter 4 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-23 The following screen appears: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Enter a name for the RAID set : 1. The navigation keys at ...the bottom of the screen allow you want to include in the RAID set. The utility supports maximum four ...
... up/down arrow key to select a RAID level to use in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done Chapter 4 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-23 The following screen appears: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Enter a name for the RAID set : 1. The navigation keys at ...the bottom of the screen allow you want to include in the RAID set. The utility supports maximum four ...
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... appears: WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. When the Capacity item is selected, 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 computer systems used mainly for... 4KB to the CREATE VOLUME menu. Use the up /down arrow key to select a drive, and then press to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for audio and video editing. 7. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press after completing your selection. 6. Use the up /down arrow...
... appears: WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. When the Capacity item is selected, 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 computer systems used mainly for... 4KB to the CREATE VOLUME menu. Use the up /down arrow key to select a drive, and then press to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for audio and video editing. 7. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press after completing your selection. 6. Use the up /down arrow...
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... WILL BE LOST! (This does not apply to Recovery volumes) Are you sure you delete a RAID set. Deleting a RAID set Take caution when deleting a RAID set : 1. To delete a RAID set . Delete RAID Volume and press . Option ROM - v10.0.0.1032 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Exiting the Intel... to exit? (Y/N): 2. Use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set and return to the utility main menu, or press to return to the utility main menu. The following screen appears: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Exit, and then press . ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-25 Chapter 4
... WILL BE LOST! (This does not apply to Recovery volumes) Are you sure you delete a RAID set. Deleting a RAID set Take caution when deleting a RAID set : 1. To delete a RAID set . Delete RAID Volume and press . Option ROM - v10.0.0.1032 Copyright(C) 2003-10 Intel Corporation. Exiting the Intel... to exit? (Y/N): 2. Use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set and return to the utility main menu, or press to return to the utility main menu. The following screen appears: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Exit, and then press . ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-25 Chapter 4
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... Marvell utility, press + during POST. Ensure that you to be used in the array. ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return Create a RAID Array 1. Move the selection bar to the drive status. An asterisk (*) appears in front of your hard disk drives before making any change to HBA... 3G ST3160812AS 9LS0F4HL 3.AAE ▶ ▶ Help Use space bar to select the free disks to create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array using two SATA hard disk drives. 4.4.5 Marvell RAID utility The onboard Marvell SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller allows you have back up all the drives needed for the exact ...
... Marvell utility, press + during POST. Ensure that you to be used in the array. ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return Create a RAID Array 1. Move the selection bar to the drive status. An asterisk (*) appears in front of your hard disk drives before making any change to HBA... 3G ST3160812AS 9LS0F4HL 3.AAE ▶ ▶ Help Use space bar to select the free disks to create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array using two SATA hard disk drives. 4.4.5 Marvell RAID utility The onboard Marvell SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller allows you have back up all the drives needed for the exact ...
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... Configure->Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk HBA 0: Marvell 0 ├ Virtual Disks └ Free Physical Disks * ├ PD 0: ST3160812AS * └ PD 8: ST3160812AS RAID Level : RAID 0 Max Size(MB) : 305253 Stripe Size : 64KB Gigabyte Rounding : 1G Quick Init : Yes Name : Default Threshold(%) : 90 Next ▶ ▶ Help Virtual...to create this virtual disk ? The following warning message appears: Create Virtual Disk Do you want to configure further RAID settings. Chapter 4 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-27 Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
... Configure->Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk HBA 0: Marvell 0 ├ Virtual Disks └ Free Physical Disks * ├ PD 0: ST3160812AS * └ PD 8: ST3160812AS RAID Level : RAID 0 Max Size(MB) : 305253 Stripe Size : 64KB Gigabyte Rounding : 1G Quick Init : Yes Name : Default Threshold(%) : 90 Next ▶ ▶ Help Virtual...to create this virtual disk ? The following warning message appears: Create Virtual Disk Do you want to configure further RAID settings. Chapter 4 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-27 Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
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... Version: PCIe Speed Rate : Configure SATA as: 1B4B 9130 B1 1.0.0.1028 2.2.0.1105 5.0Gbps AHCI Mode ▶ ▶ Help Marvell RAID on chip controller. ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return 6. Press . The following warning message appears: Exit Do you want ...Marvell 0 ID ├ Virtual Disks Name │ └ VD 0: New_VD Status │ ├ PD 0: ST3160[8D1e2lAeSte]Stripte Size │ └ PD 8: ST3160812AS RAID Mode └ Free Physical Disks Size BGA Status Number of PDs Members : 0 : New_VD : Functional : 64K : RAID0 : 304128MB : N/A : 2 : 0 8 ...
... Version: PCIe Speed Rate : Configure SATA as: 1B4B 9130 B1 1.0.0.1028 2.2.0.1105 5.0Gbps AHCI Mode ▶ ▶ Help Marvell RAID on chip controller. ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return 6. Press . The following warning message appears: Exit Do you want ...Marvell 0 ID ├ Virtual Disks Name │ └ VD 0: New_VD Status │ ├ PD 0: ST3160[8D1e2lAeSte]Stripte Size │ └ PD 8: ST3160812AS RAID Mode └ Free Physical Disks Size BGA Status Number of PDs Members : 0 : New_VD : Functional : 64K : RAID0 : 304128MB : N/A : 2 : 0 8 ...
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Yes No Press to save the RAID setting and exit the Marvell RAID utility. Yes No Press to delete the selected RAID array. Yes No Press to delete this virtual disk ? The following warning message appears: Delete MBR Do you want to exit from Marvell BIOS Setup? Chapter 4 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-29 2. The following warning message appears: Delete Virtual Disk Do you want to delete the Master Boot Record (MBR) from this virtual disk ? Press . The following warning message appears: Exit Do you want to delete MBR from the selected RAID array. 3.
Yes No Press to save the RAID setting and exit the Marvell RAID utility. Yes No Press to delete the selected RAID array. Yes No Press to delete this virtual disk ? The following warning message appears: Delete MBR Do you want to exit from Marvell BIOS Setup? Chapter 4 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE 4-29 2. The following warning message appears: Delete Virtual Disk Do you want to delete the Master Boot Record (MBR) from this virtual disk ? Press . The following warning message appears: Exit Do you want to delete MBR from the selected RAID array. 3.
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.... 4. 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 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 driver disk without entering the OS: 1. To work around this OS limitation, refer to Windows® XP limitation. Boot your computer...
.... 4. 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 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 driver disk without entering the OS: 1. To work around this OS limitation, refer to Windows® XP limitation. Boot your computer...