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... menu options you also need an SSD to the SATA disk 4. 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 installed to enter... depend on your motherboard. English Follow the steps below to RAID(XHD). Set PCH SATA Control Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1.
... menu options you also need an SSD to the SATA disk 4. 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 installed to enter... depend on your motherboard. English Follow the steps below to RAID(XHD). Set PCH SATA Control Mode under the Integrated Peripherals menu to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1.
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...; 2 71 4-5 Q-Share...73 4-6 Smart 6™ ...74 4-7 Auto Green...78 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 79 4-9 Cloud OC...80 Chapter 5 Appendix...81 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 81 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 81 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers 89 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 95 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 104...
...; 2 71 4-5 Q-Share...73 4-6 Smart 6™ ...74 4-7 Auto Green...78 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 79 4-9 Cloud OC...80 Chapter 5 Appendix...81 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 81 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 81 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers 89 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 95 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 104...
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GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS_USB R_SPDIF SYS_FAN1 ATX_12V_2X4 USB_1394_ESATA Marvell USB_ESATA 88SE9172 R_USB30 USB_LAN LGA1155 CPU_FAN PHASE LED PWR_FAN ATX AUDIO Realtek RTL8111E Etron EJ168 PCIEX16 B_BIOS GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 M_BIOS PCIEX1_1 DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 Marvell GSATA3_7 88SE9172 CODEC PCIEX1_2 PCIEX8 PCI1 VIA VT6308 PCI2 GSATA3_6 SATA3_1 Intel® Z68 SATA3_0 BAT SATA2_3 SATA2_2 PCIe to PCI Bridge Etron EJ168 SATA2_5 SATA2_4 iTE IT8728 SYS_FAN2 F_AUDIO CLR_CMOS F_1394 COMA F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_USB30 TPM F_PANEL SPDIF_O - 7 -
GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS_USB R_SPDIF SYS_FAN1 ATX_12V_2X4 USB_1394_ESATA Marvell USB_ESATA 88SE9172 R_USB30 USB_LAN LGA1155 CPU_FAN PHASE LED PWR_FAN ATX AUDIO Realtek RTL8111E Etron EJ168 PCIEX16 B_BIOS GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 M_BIOS PCIEX1_1 DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 Marvell GSATA3_7 88SE9172 CODEC PCIEX1_2 PCIEX8 PCI1 VIA VT6308 PCI2 GSATA3_6 SATA3_1 Intel® Z68 SATA3_0 BAT SATA2_3 SATA2_2 PCIe to PCI Bridge Etron EJ168 SATA2_5 SATA2_4 iTE IT8728 SYS_FAN2 F_AUDIO CLR_CMOS F_1394 COMA F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_USB30 TPM F_PANEL SPDIF_O - 7 -
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GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 Motherboard Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 1 PCI Express x16 or 2 PCI Express x8 LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/... 2 SATA 6Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb/s LAN RJ45 Marvell Marvell Realtek 88SE9172 88SE9172 RTL8111E x1 x1 x1 PCI Express Bus PCIe CLK (100 MHz) x1 x1 x1 Intel® Z68 2 PCI Express x1 PCIe to PCI Bridge PCI Bus VIA VT6308 CODEC 2 IEEE 1394a 2 USB 3.0/2.0 2 USB 3.0/2.0 Etron EJ168 Etron EJ168 x1 x1 PCI Express...
GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 Motherboard Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 1 PCI Express x16 or 2 PCI Express x8 LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/... 2 SATA 6Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb/s LAN RJ45 Marvell Marvell Realtek 88SE9172 88SE9172 RTL8111E x1 x1 x1 PCI Express Bus PCIe CLK (100 MHz) x1 x1 x1 Intel® Z68 2 PCI Express x1 PCIe to PCI Bridge PCI Bus VIA VT6308 CODEC 2 IEEE 1394a 2 USB 3.0/2.0 2 USB 3.0/2.0 Etron EJ168 Etron EJ168 x1 x1 PCI Express...
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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 Audio...
...; 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 Audio...
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... 7 1 7 1 SATA3_0 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 8) SATA2_2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to your SATA hard drive. • A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least three hard drives. (The ... must be an even number.) • A RAID 10 configuration requires four hard drives. 7) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configur- G.QBOFM Pin No. Definition SATA2_5 7 SATA2_3...
... 7 1 7 1 SATA3_0 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 8) SATA2_2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to your SATA hard drive. • A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least three hard drives. (The ... must be an even number.) • A RAID 10 configuration requires four hard drives. 7) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configur- G.QBOFM Pin No. Definition SATA2_5 7 SATA2_3...
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...device. BIOS Setup In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to operate in the Intel Z68 Chipset. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) PCH... the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode. 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 Native IDE ...
...device. BIOS Setup In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to operate in the Intel Z68 Chipset. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) PCH... the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode. 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 Native IDE ...
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... SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA3_0, SATA3_1 (Note 3), SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 ports are supported by the Z68 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to AHCI...; 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.
... SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA3_0, SATA3_1 (Note 3), SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 ports are supported by the Z68 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to AHCI...; 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.
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...\AHCI\Floppy32 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy64 Step 3: When a screen as the example operating system.) For the Intel Z68: As Windows 7 and Vista already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do you want to load the driver and continue the OS installation Figure 1 - 95 - screen, select Load...
...\AHCI\Floppy32 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy64 Step 3: When a screen as the example operating system.) For the Intel Z68: As Windows 7 and Vista already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do you want to load the driver and continue the OS installation Figure 1 - 95 - screen, select Load...
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...the motherboard driver disk to exit when finished. B. First, copy the driver from a floppy disk that in Figure 2, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- or 64-bit version, copy the files in the Floppy64 folder. Installing ...is designated as drive A). Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the OS installation. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all files in the \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\Floppy32 folder to your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in the \BootDrv\...
...the motherboard driver disk to exit when finished. B. First, copy the driver from a floppy disk that in Figure 2, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- or 64-bit version, copy the files in the Floppy64 folder. Installing ...is designated as drive A). Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the OS installation. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all files in the \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\Floppy32 folder to your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in the \BootDrv\...
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Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3... - 97 - Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. Select Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or...
Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3... - 97 - Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. Select Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or...
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... in the notification area, which will be rebuilt within the operating system. [hi]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu - 99 - Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - The procedures below assume a new drive is the process of the destination d[isDkISfoKr/rVebOuLilUdiMngE(IENSFCOtRoMexAitT):ION ] RAID Volumes.... 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 ...
... in the notification area, which will be rebuilt within the operating system. [hi]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu - 99 - Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - The procedures below assume a new drive is the process of the destination d[isDkISfoKr/rVebOuLilUdiMngE(IENSFCOtRoMexAitT):ION ] RAID Volumes.... 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 ...