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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
...
If you want to install Windows® XP / 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
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [IDE].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
IDE Configuration.
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
....
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 / Windows®
VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?
" page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load
Driver" button on...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
...XP / XP 64-bit and Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit, there are different installation procedures. Please follow the instructions below according to the OS you install.
2.1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows XP / XP 64-bit Users
A. Enter NVRAIDMAN
RAID driver is built in NVIDIA ALL in one driver provided in our support CD. After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 21
... will be completed in a short period of
time.
2.2 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Users
A. Enter Storage
RAID driver is built in NVIDIA ALL in one driver provided in our support CD. After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array. Please enter Storage by clicking on Start → Programs → NVIDIA Corporation...
User Manual - Page 3
...Installation 15 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 15 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 16 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express slots 18 2.5 SLITM Operation Guide 20 2.6 Jumpers Setup 25 2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors 26 2.8 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide 32 2.9 eSATAII Interface Introduction 33 2.10 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 36 2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial...
User Manual - Page 4
... Floppy Configuration 60 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration 60 3.4.8 USB Configuration 61 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 62 3.6 Boot Screen 63 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration 63 3.7 Security Screen 64 3.8 Exit Screen 65
4 . Software Support 66
4.1 Install Operating System 66 4.2 Support CD Information 66
4.2.1 Running Support CD 66 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 66 4.2.3 Utilities Menu...
User Manual - Page 5
... Contents
ASRock K10N7SLI Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm)
ASRock K10N7SLI Quick Installation Guide ASRock K10N7SLI Support CD One ASRock SLI Bridge One ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable Two Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional...
User Manual - Page 9
... Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 36 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly.
9. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification. Please read "eSATAII Interface Introduction" on page 33 for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures.
10. Power Management for USB 2.0 works...
User Manual - Page 20
... graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLITM
technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA® website (www.nvidia.com). 3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the
minimum power required by your system.
Enjoy the benefit of SLITM
Step 1. There is one ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card factory-mounted on this motherboard. This card served...
User Manual - Page 22
Step 8. Step 9.
Connect a VGA cable or a DVI-I cable to the monitor connector and the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE2 slot. Connect a 4-pin ATX power cable to SLI/XFIRE power connector.
Step 10. Install the graphics card drivers to your system. After that, you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA® nView system...
User Manual - Page 36
... Hard Disk Setup Guide
Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below SATAII hard disk setup guide. Some default setting of SATAII hard disks may not be at SATAII mode, which operate with the best performance. In order to enable SATAII function, please follow the below instruction with different vendors to correctly adjust your SATAII hard disk to SATAII...
User Manual - Page 41
... your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [IDE].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
A.
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to...
User Manual - Page 42
....
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 / Windows®
VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?
" page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load
Driver" button on...
User Manual - Page 43
...Hot Plug function on eSATAII ports but you install OS on IDE HDD, please skip step 1 and 2.
STEP 3: Set Up BIOS. Please follow step 1 to set up the BIOS option "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID]. STEP 4: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please...
User Manual - Page 44
....
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 / Windows®
VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?
" page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load
Driver" button on...
User Manual - Page 46
...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 66
... 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 17
... graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLITM
technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA® website (www.nvidia.com). 3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the
minimum power required by your system.
Enjoy the benefit of SLITM
Step 1. There is one ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card factory-mounted on this motherboard. This card served...