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... the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility to enable the Intel Smart Response Technology • The Intel Smart Response Technology requires a computer system with an Intel Z68 Chipset-based motherboard and an Intel Core series CPU. • The operating system must be lost once you enable RAID mode. Installing a conventional SATA hard...
... the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility to enable the Intel Smart Response Technology • The Intel Smart Response Technology requires a computer system with an Intel Z68 Chipset-based motherboard and an Intel Core series CPU. • The operating system must be lost once you enable RAID mode. Installing a conventional SATA hard...
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... 4-5 Smart 6™ ...68 4-6 Auto Green...72 4-7 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 73 4-8 Cloud OC...74 4-9 TouchBIOS...75 Chapter 5 Appendix...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 77 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 85 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 90 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 90 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF...
... 4-5 Smart 6™ ...68 4-6 Auto Green...72 4-7 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 73 4-8 Cloud OC...74 4-9 TouchBIOS...75 Chapter 5 Appendix...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 77 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 85 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 90 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 90 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF...
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GA-Z68AP-D3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS_USB ATX_12V CPU_FAN COMA LPT LGA1155 OPTICAL HDMI R_USB30/20 USB_LAN AUDIO Etron EJ168 SYS_FAN1 PCIEX1_1 mSATA Realtek RTL8111E CODEC PCIEX16 PCIEX1_2 GA-Z68AP-D3 PCIEX1_3 BAT PCIEX4 PCI1 iTE IT8728 PCI2 SPDIF_O Intel® Z68 PCIe to PCI Bridge DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 ATX M_BIOS B_BIOS SATA3_1 SATA3_0 SATA2_3 SATA2_2 SATA2_5 SATA2_4 PWR_FAN CLR_CMOS F_AUDIO SYS_FAN2 TPM F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_PANEL - 7 -
GA-Z68AP-D3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS_USB ATX_12V CPU_FAN COMA LPT LGA1155 OPTICAL HDMI R_USB30/20 USB_LAN AUDIO Etron EJ168 SYS_FAN1 PCIEX1_1 mSATA Realtek RTL8111E CODEC PCIEX16 PCIEX1_2 GA-Z68AP-D3 PCIEX1_3 BAT PCIEX4 PCI1 iTE IT8728 PCI2 SPDIF_O Intel® Z68 PCIe to PCI Bridge DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 ATX M_BIOS B_BIOS SATA3_1 SATA3_0 SATA2_3 SATA2_2 SATA2_5 SATA2_4 PWR_FAN CLR_CMOS F_AUDIO SYS_FAN2 TPM F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_PANEL - 7 -
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GA-Z68AP-D3 Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/ 1333/1066 MHz Dual Channel ... x4 x1 Switch x1 PCI Express Bus x1 x1 x1 Etron EJ168 Realtek PCIe to PCI RTL8111E Bridge RJ45 2 USB 3.0/2.0 LAN PCI Bus Intel® Z68 CODEC DMI 2.0 FDI HDMI Dual BIOS 2 SATA 6Gb/s 3 SATA 3Gb/s 1 SATA 3Gb/s 1 mSATA or Switch 10 USB 2.0/1.1 LPC Bus iTE IT8728 LPT COM Port PS...
GA-Z68AP-D3 Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/ 1333/1066 MHz Dual Channel ... x4 x1 Switch x1 PCI Express Bus x1 x1 x1 Etron EJ168 Realtek PCIe to PCI RTL8111E Bridge RJ45 2 USB 3.0/2.0 LAN PCI Bus Intel® Z68 CODEC DMI 2.0 FDI HDMI Dual BIOS 2 SATA 6Gb/s 3 SATA 3Gb/s 1 SATA 3Gb/s 1 mSATA or Switch 10 USB 2.0/1.1 LPC Bus iTE IT8728 LPT COM Port PS...
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... memory modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated in the PCIEX16 slot. 1 x PCI Express...174; processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z68 Express Chipset Memory Onboard Graphics Audio 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets...
... memory modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated in the PCIEX16 slot. 1 x PCI Express...174; processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z68 Express Chipset Memory Onboard Graphics Audio 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets...
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...7 1 SATA3_0 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 8) SATA2_2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. ing a RAID array. Definition 1 GND SATA2_5 7 7 SATA2_4 ...the RAID set may vary depending on configur- Hardware Installation - 24 - 7) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each...
...7 1 SATA3_0 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 8) SATA2_2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. ing a RAID array. Definition 1 GND SATA2_5 7 7 SATA2_4 ...the RAID set may vary depending on configur- Hardware Installation - 24 - 7) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each...
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... CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to a single solid-state drive. F_AUDIO(H) F_PANEL(NH) F_PANEL (H61M-D2) 9) mSATA (Solid-State Drive Connector, Controlled by the Intel Z68 Chipset) The mSATA connector conforms to SATA 3Gb/s standard and can connect to clear the CMOS values (e.g.
... CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to a single solid-state drive. F_AUDIO(H) F_PANEL(NH) F_PANEL (H61M-D2) 9) mSATA (Solid-State Drive Connector, Controlled by the Intel Z68 Chipset) The mSATA connector conforms to SATA 3Gb/s standard and can connect to clear the CMOS values (e.g.
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Motherboard Model BIOS Version Z68AP-D3 E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/12/2011-Z68-7A89WG0DC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key to show the BIOS POST screen at system startup, refer to the instructions on ...
Motherboard Model BIOS Version Z68AP-D3 E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/12/2011-Z68-7A89WG0DC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key to show the BIOS POST screen at system startup, refer to the instructions on ...
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... ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables the X.H.D function for the SATA controllers. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) PCH SATA... Control Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE ...
... ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables the X.H.D function for the SATA controllers. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) PCH SATA... Control Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE ...
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... 62 - GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to ensure normal system operation. For the sake of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g. Z68AP-D3 E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/12/2011-Z68-7A89WG0DC-00 Because... Software, Inc. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to access Q-Flash. 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash™ and @BIOS™. Before You Begin 1. Note: You can update the system ...
... 62 - GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to ensure normal system operation. For the sake of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g. Z68AP-D3 E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/12/2011-Z68-7A89WG0DC-00 Because... Software, Inc. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to access Q-Flash. 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash™ and @BIOS™. Before You Begin 1. Note: You can update the system ...
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... driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers A. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. mance of the RAID set may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the...
... driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers A. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. mance of the RAID set may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the...
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First, copy the driver from the menu and press . Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using a USB floppy disk drive, make sure it is installed, we recommend that in Figure 1. 3: Insert ... installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 1, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during...
First, copy the driver from the menu and press . Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using a USB floppy disk drive, make sure it is installed, we recommend that in Figure 1. 3: Insert ... installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 1, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during...
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... and press . Press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Appendix - 86 - Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 2 will then appear...
... and press . Press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Appendix - 86 - Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 2 will then appear...
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... being rebuilt). If you do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you have equal or greater capacity than the old one.) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + to Non-RAID [ MAIN MENU ] 4. All...
... being rebuilt). If you do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you have equal or greater capacity than the old one.) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + to Non-RAID [ MAIN MENU ] 4. All...