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User Manual - Page 3
...15 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 42 2.16 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks
Installation 43 2.17 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII
HDDs 44 2.18 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation
Guide 45 2.19 Driver Installation Guide 47 2.20 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM
64-bit With RAID Functions 47 2.20.1 Installing Windows®...
User Manual - Page 4
... Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 51 2.21.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 52
2.22 Untied Overclocking Technology 52
3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 53
3.1 Introduction 53 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 53 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 54
3.2 Main Screen 54 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen 54 3.4 Advanced Screen 59
3.4.1 CPU Configuration 60 3.4.2 Chipset...
User Manual - Page 5
.... www.asrock.com/support/index.asp
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock X58 Extreme Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
ASRock X58 Extreme Quick Installation Guide ASRock X58 Extreme Support CD 1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 x Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive 4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cables...
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 10
... GV-N26-896H-B
Chipset Name
Driver
GeForce 8800 GT GeForce 8800 GTS GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce 9600 GT GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce 9800GTX+ GeForce GTX260
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* For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for SLITM Mode...
User Manual - Page 21
... Quad SLITM technology support Windows® VistaTM and VistaTM 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation procedures in this section.
Requirements 1. For SLITM or Quad SLITM technology, you should have two identical
SLITM-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA® certified. 2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM
technology. Download the driver version 181.20...
User Manual - Page 25
... supported with Windows® VistaTM OS only. Please check AMD website for ATITM CrossFireXTM driver updates.
1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the performance benefits of CrossFireXTM. All three CrossFireXTM components, a CrossFireXTM Ready graphics card, a CrossFireXTM Ready motherboard and a CrossFireXTM Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed...
User Manual - Page 28
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downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center. Please check Microsoft website for details. For Windows® VistaTM OS: Install the CATALYST Control Center. Please check AMD website for details. Restart your computer. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your Windows® taskbar. (Driver Version...
User Manual - Page 48
... SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Windows XP64) " for Windows® XP 64-bit.
After the installation of Windows® XP / Windows® XP-64bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information" for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation...
User Manual - Page 49
...(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop Windows XP)" for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Windows XP64)" for Windows® XP 64-bit. 5. Finish the Windows® installation and install all necessary drivers. 6. Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This...
User Manual - Page 50
... optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / 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 the left on the bottom to load the Intel® RAID drivers. Intel® RAID drivers...
User Manual - Page 53
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Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and ...set up overclocking features
Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features
H/W Monitor To display current hardware status
Boot
To set up the default system device to locate and load the
Operating System
Security
To set up the security features
Exit
To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP...
User Manual - Page 74
...-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 installed devices. Please install...
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...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 17
... graphics cards will not work together properly. (Even the GPU chips version shall be the same.) Insert one graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.
Step2. If required, connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics cards.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 20
... example graphics card. For other CrossFireXTM cards that ATITM has released or will release in the future, please refer to ATITM graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
Step 1. Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 22
.... For Windows® VistaTM OS: Install the CATALYST Control Center. Please check AMD website for details. Restart your computer. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your Windows® taskbar. (Driver Version: 8-12_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_72275.exe)
ATI Catalyst Control Center
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RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
... SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Windows XP64) " for Windows® XP 64-bit.
After the installation of Windows® XP / Windows® XP-64bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information" for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
...(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Windows XP)" for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Windows XP64)" for Windows® XP 64-bit. 5. Finish the Windows® installation and install all necessary drivers. 6. Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
If you want to use "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" in Windows® environment, please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" will be installed to your system as well.
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