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RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
... driver diskette, press to enter BIOS setup to set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD or "Quick Installation Guide", you can start to use NVIDIA RAID Utility to configure RAID.
This section includes examples of using NVRAID RAID Utility for creating RAID arrays. If your motherboard is equipped with six SATA / SATAII ports, you...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
... want to install Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette.
A.
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
.... At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the NVIDIA® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the drivers will be presented. Select the drivers to install. The drivers are as below:
A. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Please select...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
...to the BIOS RAID
installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 3: Install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.
Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive
to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM...
User Manual - Page 4
... Floppy Configuration 66 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration 66 3.4.8 USB Configuration 67 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 68 3.6 Boot Screen 69 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration 69 3.7 Security Screen 70 3.8 Exit Screen 71
4 . Software Support 72
4.1 Install Operating System 72 4.2 Support CD Information 72
4.2.1 Running Support CD 72 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 72 4.2.3 Utilities Menu...
User Manual - Page 9
... eSATAII installation procedures.
12. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2.
13. USB/WiFi header can be used to support 2 USB 2.0 ports. It can also be used to support WiFi+AP function with ASRock WiFi-802.11g or WiFi-802. 11n module, an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter...
User Manual - Page 11
...-ray (BD) / HD-DVD Playback Support
1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback support on this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. Please refer to below table for the minimum hardware requirement.
CPU VGA Memory Suggested OS
AMD Phenom X3 8400 Onboard VGA with DVI-D port Dual Channel DDR2 533, 1GB x 2 Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64
* Currently, 1080p...
User Manual - Page 22
... power management with HybridPowerTM. Currently, NVIDIA® Hybrid SLITM Technology is only supported with Windows® VistaTM OS, and is not available with other OS. Please visit our website for the driver update in the future.
GeForce® Boost GeForce® Boost turbocharges the performance of NVIDIA® discrete GPU when combined with NVIDIA® motherboard...
User Manual - Page 24
... BIOS setup. Step 4. Power off your system. Step 5. Connect the monitor cable to the correspondent connector on the I/O shield. Step 6. Boot into OS. Install Hybrid SLITM driver from our support CD to your system. Hybrid SLITM driver is in the following path of ASRock support CD: (There are two ASRock support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows...
User Manual - Page 25
...enter BIOS setup. Enter "Advanced"
screen, and enter "Chipset Settings". Then set the option "Share Memory" to [32MB], [64MB], [128MB], [256MB] or [512MB]. Step 3. Connect one monitor cable to the correspondent connector on the I/O shield. Connect the other monitor cable to the correspondent connector on the PCI Express graphics card on PCIE1 slot. Step 4. Boot into OS. Install Hybrid SLITM driver...
User Manual - Page 27
...® PCI Express VGA card to PCI Express slot. Please refer to
page 21 for proper expansion card installation procedures for details. 2. Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port on the I/O panel of this
motherboard. Connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I/O panel of this motherboard. 3. Boot your system. Press to enter BIOS setup. Enter "Share Memory" option...
User Manual - Page 51
...BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP...and then back on.
Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference ...
User Manual - Page 72
... for more information.
4.2 Support CD Information
The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard features.
4.2.1 Running The Support CD
To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 10
... eSATAII installation procedures.
12. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2.
13. USB/WiFi header can be used to support 2 USB 2.0 ports. It can also be used to support WiFi+AP function with ASRock WiFi-802.11g or WiFi-802. 11n module, an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 12
...) / HD-DVD playback is only supported under Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS. If you install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS, the function of 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is not available, please visit our website for NVIDIA® driver update in the future. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 19
...CPU
AMD Phenom CPU
Memory
Dual Channel DDR2 800, 1024MB x 2
256MB or 512MB shared memory for motherboard GPU
Suggested OS Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64
HybridPowerTM CPU Memory
Suggested OS
AMD Athlon X2 3800+ CPU Dual Channel DDR2 667, 1024MB x 2 256MB or 512MB shared memory for motherboard GPU Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 21
... BIOS setup. Step 4. Power off your system. Step 5. Connect the monitor cable to the correspondent connector on the I/O shield. Step 6. Boot into OS. Install Hybrid SLITM driver from our support CD to your system. Hybrid SLITM driver is in the following path of ASRock support CD: (There are two ASRock support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 22
...enter BIOS setup. Enter "Advanced"
screen, and enter "Chipset Settings". Then set the option "Share Memory" to [32MB], [64MB], [128MB], [256MB] or [512MB]. Step 3. Connect one monitor cable to the correspondent connector on the I/O shield. Connect the other monitor cable to the correspondent connector on the PCI Express graphics card on PCIE1 slot. Step 4. Boot into OS. Install Hybrid SLITM driver...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 24
...® PCI Express VGA card to PCI Express slot. Please refer to
page 18 for proper expansion card installation procedures for details. 2. Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port on the I/O panel of this
motherboard. Connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I/O panel of this motherboard. 3. Boot your system. Press to enter BIOS setup. Enter "Share Memory" option...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 36
...procedures: ..\ RAID Installation Guide
2.14 Untied Overclocking Technology
This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. Therefore, CPU FSB is...