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Chapter 4: RAID Support 4.1 RAID configurations 4-1 4.1.1 RAID definitions 4-1 4.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-2 4.1.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology in UEFI BIOS 4-2 4.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-6 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-10 4.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-10 Appendix Q-Code table...A-1 Notices ...A-5 ASUS contact information A-12 v
Chapter 4: RAID Support 4.1 RAID configurations 4-1 4.1.1 RAID definitions 4-1 4.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-2 4.1.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology in UEFI BIOS 4-2 4.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-6 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-10 4.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-10 Appendix Q-Code table...A-1 Notices ...A-5 ASUS contact information A-12 v
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... Drivers ROG GameFirst IV ROG RAMDisk ROG RAMCache II ROG CPU-Z ROG Mem TweakIt Overwolf ROG Keybot II CloneDrive Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Software Sonic Studio III Sonic Radar III Aura WinZip ASUS Utilities (continued on the next page) xii ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 - ASUS Q-Design - ASUS EZ Flash 3 - Q-Code - USB BIOS Flashback - MemOK! Q-DIMM - ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA specifications summary Special Features Software ASUS...
... Drivers ROG GameFirst IV ROG RAMDisk ROG RAMCache II ROG CPU-Z ROG Mem TweakIt Overwolf ROG Keybot II CloneDrive Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Software Sonic Studio III Sonic Radar III Aura WinZip ASUS Utilities (continued on the next page) xii ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 - ASUS Q-Design - ASUS EZ Flash 3 - Q-Code - USB BIOS Flashback - MemOK! Q-DIMM - ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA specifications summary Special Features Software ASUS...
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...Test) when an error occurs in this menu allow you to adjust the PCH PCI Express speed. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that shows a warning message during POST (Power-on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally ... [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Configuration options: [On] [Off] Chapter 3 ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA 3-17 3.6.2 Platform Misc Configuration The items in this menu allow you to change the ASPM for PCH and SA PCI Express. 3.6.3 System Agent (SA...
...Test) when an error occurs in this menu allow you to adjust the PCH PCI Express speed. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that shows a warning message during POST (Power-on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally ... [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Configuration options: [On] [Off] Chapter 3 ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA 3-17 3.6.2 Platform Misc Configuration The items in this menu allow you to change the ASPM for PCH and SA PCI Express. 3.6.3 System Agent (SA...
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... Windows® UEFI mode. Configuration options: [Ignore] [Legacy only] [UEFI driver first] Boot from Network Devices This item allows you to select the type of network devices that you want to launch. Chapter 3 ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA 3-21 The following items appear only when you set the Launch CSM to fully... support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows® UEFI mode. Disable the CSM to fully ...
... Windows® UEFI mode. Configuration options: [Ignore] [Legacy only] [UEFI driver first] Boot from Network Devices This item allows you to select the type of network devices that you want to launch. Chapter 3 ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA 3-21 The following items appear only when you set the Launch CSM to fully... support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows® UEFI mode. Disable the CSM to fully ...
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... setup. The new drive must be calculated and written. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Chapter 4 ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA 4-1 Chapter 4: RAID Support RAID Support 4 4.1 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology that of two new... management software directs all the benefits of the data in a RAID set, you get all applications to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup....
... setup. The new drive must be calculated and written. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Chapter 4 ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA 4-1 Chapter 4: RAID Support RAID Support 4 4.1 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology that of two new... management software directs all the benefits of the data in a RAID set, you get all applications to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup....
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... RAID Support To set up a Windows® UEFI operating system under RAID mode, ensure to the utility main menu. 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 4.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To install the RAID driver for your optical drive. Press to exit or press to return to load the UEFI... 3. Exit, and then press . During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you to complete the installation. Click the name of the device you want to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. From the utility main menu, select 5. Exiting...
... RAID Support To set up a Windows® UEFI operating system under RAID mode, ensure to the utility main menu. 4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 4.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To install the RAID driver for your optical drive. Press to exit or press to return to load the UEFI... 3. Exit, and then press . During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you to complete the installation. Click the name of the device you want to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. From the utility main menu, select 5. Exiting...
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... A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF B0 B1 B2 B3 Description Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started Driver connecting is started PCI Bus initialization is started PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization PCI Bus Enumeration PCI Bus Request Resources PCI Bus Assign Resources... Services event Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End Legacy Option ROM Initialization System Reset (continued on the next page) ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA A-3
... A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF B0 B1 B2 B3 Description Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started Driver connecting is started PCI Bus initialization is started PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization PCI Bus Enumeration PCI Bus Request Resources PCI Bus Assign Resources... Services event Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End Legacy Option ROM Initialization System Reset (continued on the next page) ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA A-3