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RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
... 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 four SATA / SATAII ports, you may choose to use RAID 0, RAID...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
... to install Windows® 2000 / 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 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...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
... 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 / 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 / Windows®...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
... 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 2000 / 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, or rebuild any...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 21
... 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 → Storage. (There is also a "Storage" shortcut on the desktop...
User Manual - Page 3
... 2.8 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 22 2.9 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks
Installation 23 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs ....... 23 2.11 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ....... 24 2.12 Driver Installation Guide 26 2.13 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM /
VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 26 2.14...
User Manual - Page 4
... Floppy Configuration 43 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration 43 3.4.8 USB Configuration 45 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 46 3.6 Boot Screen 47 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration 47 3.7 Security Screen 48 3.8 Exit Screen 49
4 . Software Support 50
4.1 Install Operating System 50 4.2 Support CD Information 50
4.2.1 Running Support CD 50 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 50 4.2.3 Utilities Menu...
User Manual - Page 5
.... www.asrock.com/support/index.asp
1.1 Package Contents
One ASRock N68-GS / N68-S Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in, 24.4 cm x 17.8 cm)
One ASRock N68-GS / N68-S Quick Installation Guide Two ASRock N68-GS / N68-S Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional...
User Manual - Page 7
... pin 12V power connector
- Front panel audio header
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
(see CAUTION 8)
BIOS Feature
- 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- Supports Smart BIOS
Support CD
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
Unique Feature - ASRock OC...
User Manual - Page 9
... a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems first like MS-DOS or Windows®. With this utility, you can press key during the POST or press key to BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk...
User Manual - Page 16
... the D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I/O panel of this
motherboard. Connect another D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub connector of the add-on PCI Express VGA card. Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D connector of the add-on PCI Express VGA card. 3. Boot your system. Press to enter BIOS setup. Enter "Share Memory" option to adjust the memory capability to [16MB...
User Manual - Page 22
... 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 26
... to install Windows® 2000, 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 [IDE].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette.
A.
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to...
User Manual - Page 27
... HDDs, you still need to set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide
2.14.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your...
User Manual - Page 28
... 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 29
...
This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The SPI 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 UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If...
User Manual - Page 50
...-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu did not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus.
4.2.2 Drivers Menu
The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects the installed devices...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 4
... ASRock N68-GS / N68-S Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in, 24.4 cm x 17.8 cm)
One ASRock N68-GS / N68-S Quick Installation Guide Two ASRock N68-GS / N68-S Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One I/O Panel Shield
4 ASRock N68-GS / N68-S Motherboard...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 6
... pin 12V power connector
- Front panel audio header
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
(see CAUTION 8)
BIOS Feature
- 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- Supports Smart BIOS
Support CD
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
Unique Feature - ASRock OC...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 8
... a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems first like MS-DOS or Windows®. With this utility, you can press key during the POST or press key to BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk...