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... 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 5-3 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-7 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-7 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-8 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation......... 5-8 Appendices Notices ...A-1 ASUS contact information A-5
... 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 5-3 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-7 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-7 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-8 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation......... 5-8 Appendices Notices ...A-1 ASUS contact information A-5
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... Express box with 2 extra USB 3.0 ports 1 x ASUS NFC Express tag ASUS NFC Express utility Drivers ASUS Utilities EZ Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) Specifications are subject to change without notice. Z87-DELUXE/DUAL specifications summary Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability ASUS NFC Express Support DVD contents Form factor...
... Express box with 2 extra USB 3.0 ports 1 x ASUS NFC Express tag ASUS NFC Express utility Drivers ASUS Utilities EZ Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) Specifications are subject to change without notice. Z87-DELUXE/DUAL specifications summary Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability ASUS NFC Express Support DVD contents Form factor...
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... initialization PCH DXE Initialization (PCH module specific) ACPI module initialization CSM initialization Reserved for future AMI DXE codes 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...
... initialization PCH DXE Initialization (PCH module specific) ACPI module initialization CSM initialization Reserved for future AMI DXE codes 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...
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4. We recommend you to install the related driver to fully use the USB 3.0 ports under Windows® 7. • The plugged USB 3.0 device may run on xHCI mode or EHCI mode depending on xHCI ... power efficiency, and backward compatibility with USB 2.0. • The USB 3.0 module is purchased separately. • These connectors are based on the operating system's setting. Chapter 1 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 1-35
4. We recommend you to install the related driver to fully use the USB 3.0 ports under Windows® 7. • The plugged USB 3.0 device may run on xHCI mode or EHCI mode depending on xHCI ... power efficiency, and backward compatibility with USB 2.0. • The USB 3.0 module is purchased separately. • These connectors are based on the operating system's setting. Chapter 1 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 1-35
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... USB 2.0 ports under Windows® 7. Doing so will damage the motherboard! We recommend you to install the related driver to 48 MBps connection speed. You can connect the front panel USB cable to the ASUS Q-Connector (USB, dark brown) first, and then install the Q-Connector (USB) to the USB connector onboard if...
... USB 2.0 ports under Windows® 7. Doing so will damage the motherboard! We recommend you to install the related driver to 48 MBps connection speed. You can connect the front panel USB cable to the ASUS Q-Connector (USB, dark brown) first, and then install the Q-Connector (USB) to the USB connector onboard if...
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KY IN LINE CTR BASS FRONT REAR SPK MIC IN POWER eSATA 6G USB3.0 S/PDIF USB BIOS Flashback USB3.0 2.1.9 Wi-Fi antenna installation Installing the ASUS 2T2R dual band W-Fi antenna Connect the bundled ASUS 2T2R dual band Wi-Fi antenna connector to install the Bluetooth driver before installing the Wi-Fi GO! software. Chapter 2 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 2-11 IO Shield • Ensure that the ASUS 2T2R dual band Wi-Fi antenna is securely installed to the Wi-Fi ports. • Ensure to the Wi-Fi ports at the back of the chassis.
KY IN LINE CTR BASS FRONT REAR SPK MIC IN POWER eSATA 6G USB3.0 S/PDIF USB BIOS Flashback USB3.0 2.1.9 Wi-Fi antenna installation Installing the ASUS 2T2R dual band W-Fi antenna Connect the bundled ASUS 2T2R dual band Wi-Fi antenna connector to install the Bluetooth driver before installing the Wi-Fi GO! software. Chapter 2 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 2-11 IO Shield • Ensure that the ASUS 2T2R dual band Wi-Fi antenna is securely installed to the Wi-Fi ports. • Ensure to the Wi-Fi ports at the back of the chassis.
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...items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to aggressively enter link power state. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 3-31 Aggressive LPM Support [Auto] Allows you to enable the PCH to the corresponding SATA port. Scroll down to display the other BIOS...[AHCI Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of ...
...items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to aggressively enter link power state. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 3-31 Aggressive LPM Support [Auto] Allows you to enable the PCH to the corresponding SATA port. Scroll down to display the other BIOS...[AHCI Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of ...
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... loading during POST. [Enabled] Select to change the system boot options. The following items appear only when you to load the network stack driver during POST. ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 3-45 Chapter 3 Next Boot after AC Power Loss [Normal Boot] [Normal Boot] Returns to accelerate the boot speed. This process will extend the POST time...
... loading during POST. [Enabled] Select to change the system boot options. The following items appear only when you to load the network stack driver during POST. ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 3-45 Chapter 3 Next Boot after AC Power Loss [Normal Boot] [Normal Boot] Returns to accelerate the boot speed. This process will extend the POST time...
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... you to select the type of storage devices that you set the add-on device to do so. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] Chapter 3 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 3-47 Launch CSM [Enabled] [Auto] The system automatically detects the bootable devices and the addon devices. [Enabled] For better compatibility, enable the CSM to...
... you to select the type of storage devices that you set the add-on device to do so. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] Chapter 3 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 3-47 Launch CSM [Enabled] [Auto] The system automatically detects the bootable devices and the addon devices. [Enabled] For better compatibility, enable the CSM to...
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... variable structure with time-based authenticated variable. Delete the KEK Allows you to load the additional KEK from your system. Configuration options: [Yes] [No] Chapter 3 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 3-49 The db file must be loaded securely. Delete the dbx Allows you to load the additional db from a storage device so that you to...] Load db from a USB storage device. DBX Management The dbx (Revoked Signature database) lists the forbidden images of UEFI applications, operating system loaders, and UEFI drivers that more images can load on the single computer.
... variable structure with time-based authenticated variable. Delete the KEK Allows you to load the additional KEK from your system. Configuration options: [Yes] [No] Chapter 3 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 3-49 The db file must be loaded securely. Delete the dbx Allows you to load the additional db from a storage device so that you to...] Load db from a USB storage device. DBX Management The dbx (Revoked Signature database) lists the forbidden images of UEFI applications, operating system loaders, and UEFI drivers that more images can load on the single computer.
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Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS contact information. Click an item to install Chapter 4 4-2 Chapter 4: Software support Support DVD main menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Click the Contact tab to use the devices. The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that... the user manual. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information Click an item to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. The AHCI/RAID Driver menu contains the RAID/AHCI...
Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS contact information. Click an item to install Chapter 4 4-2 Chapter 4: Software support Support DVD main menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Click the Contact tab to use the devices. The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that... the user manual. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information Click an item to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. The AHCI/RAID Driver menu contains the RAID/AHCI...
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... Click to automatically update your motherboard's softwares, drivers and the BIOS version easily. 4.3.5 EZ Update EZ Update is a utility that will display during POST. on the top edge of the AI Suite 3 main menu, then EZ Update screen Click to update the BIOS Chapter 4 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 4-11 Launching EZ Update To launch EZ...
... Click to automatically update your motherboard's softwares, drivers and the BIOS version easily. 4.3.5 EZ Update EZ Update is a utility that will display during POST. on the top edge of the AI Suite 3 main menu, then EZ Update screen Click to update the BIOS Chapter 4 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 4-11 Launching EZ Update To launch EZ...
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... screen Click or tap to turn the No delay TCP on the top edge of the AI Suite 3 main • Ensure to install the LAN drivers before using this utility. • Network iControl can only support the onboard LAN. on or off Click or tap to manage your network bandwidth and...
... screen Click or tap to turn the No delay TCP on the top edge of the AI Suite 3 main • Ensure to install the LAN drivers before using this utility. • Network iControl can only support the onboard LAN. on or off Click or tap to manage your network bandwidth and...
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..., click SPD tab to view the memory's information. 4.3.9 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package.
..., click SPD tab to view the memory's information. 4.3.9 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package.
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.... Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive fails...driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to read and write data in a RAID set, you get all applications to a second drive. With the RAID 10 configuration you have to the entire system. Chapter 5 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL...
.... Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive fails...driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to read and write data in a RAID set, you get all applications to a second drive. With the RAID 10 configuration you have to the entire system. Chapter 5 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL...
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... the OS: 1. Exit, then press . The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. You have to exit? (Y/N): 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device. 4. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to complete the process. Insert the support DVD... the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. From the utility main menu, select 5. Boot your computer. 2. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 5. Chapter 5 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 5-7
... the OS: 1. Exit, then press . The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. You have to exit? (Y/N): 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device. 4. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to complete the process. Insert the support DVD... the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. From the utility main menu, select 5. Boot your computer. 2. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 5. Chapter 5 ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL 5-7
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... support DVD into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Go to the Intel AHCI/RAID Driver menu then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver path to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Click the name of the device you've inserted, go to open ... selected folder to the USB flash drive. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the optical drive. 4. Write-protect the floppy disk to load ...
... support DVD into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Go to the Intel AHCI/RAID Driver menu then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver path to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Click the name of the device you've inserted, go to open ... selected folder to the USB flash drive. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the optical drive. 4. Write-protect the floppy disk to load ...