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...Vista. • If you enable RAID mode. Launching 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 ...SSD to RAID(XHD). English Follow the steps below to the SATA disk 4. Installing the operating system and drivers to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. Set PCH SATA Control Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to make it work as a cache ...
...Vista. • If you enable RAID mode. Launching 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 ...SSD to RAID(XHD). English Follow the steps below to the SATA disk 4. Installing the operating system and drivers to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. Set PCH SATA Control Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to make it work as a cache ...
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......67 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...
......67 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 ... Express x1 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...
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 ... Express x1 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...
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...; Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® 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...
...; Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® 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...
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...the total number of hard drives must be an even number. •• A RAID 5 configuration requires at least two hard drives. The Intel Z68 chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, BUG RT RAID5, and RAID 10. RAID 5 and RAID 10 can be an even number.) •... SATA3_1 7 1 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 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA...
...the total number of hard drives must be an even number. •• A RAID 5 configuration requires at least two hard drives. The Intel Z68 chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, BUG RT RAID5, and RAID 10. RAID 5 and RAID 10 can be an even number.) •... SATA3_1 7 1 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 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA...
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... manually configure the BIOS settings (refer 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 Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for a few seconds. DB_PORT BIOS Switcher (X58A-OC) 1 M_SATA...
... manually configure the BIOS settings (refer 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 Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for a few seconds. DB_PORT BIOS Switcher (X58A-OC) 1 M_SATA...
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... Controller Interface (AHCI) is enabled. (Default: Enabled) SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Specifies the operating mode of the integrated 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. BIOS Setup...
... Controller Interface (AHCI) is enabled. (Default: Enabled) SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Specifies the operating mode of the integrated 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. BIOS Setup...
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...; Motherboard 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. mance of the RAID set is recommended that you may vary depending on the motherboard. If you do not want to available SATA...
...; Motherboard 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. mance of the RAID set is recommended that you may vary depending on the motherboard. If you do not want to available SATA...
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... RAID/AHCI driver, you install all files in Figure 1, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- First, copy the driver from a floppy disk that you do not need to .... 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to your floppy disk. B. 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 contains the driver...
... RAID/AHCI driver, you install all files in Figure 1, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- First, copy the driver from a floppy disk that you do not need to .... 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to your floppy disk. B. 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 contains the driver...
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... Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 2 Step 3: On the next screen, press to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . After the driver installation, you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided ... XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you to that in Figure 2 will appear. Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous...
... Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 2 Step 3: On the next screen, press to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . After the driver installation, you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided ... XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you to that in Figure 2 will appear. Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous...
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...WD-WMAM9W736333 Size 111.7GB 111.7GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk (0) Member Disk (0) Volumes with a new one .) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + ...Note: The new drive must have to Non-RAID "Degrad2e.d DvoeluetmeeRaAnIdDdVisokluamvaeilable for more details). Option ROM - 10.5.0.1034 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation. Rebuilding an Array Rebuilding is added to replace a failed drive to a hard drive from other drives in the operating system. ...
...WD-WMAM9W736333 Size 111.7GB 111.7GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk (0) Member Disk (0) Volumes with a new one .) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + ...Note: The new drive must have to Non-RAID "Degrad2e.d DvoeluetmeeRaAnIdDdVisokluamvaeilable for more details). Option ROM - 10.5.0.1034 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation. Rebuilding an Array Rebuilding is added to replace a failed drive to a hard drive from other drives in the operating system. ...