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Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 2
Installation Instructions 1. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Save the file to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Click Continue (if needed) to launch the installation program. 4. Click Next at the Welcome screen.
5. Click Next.
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Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 12
... to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system setup.
The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows Vista* or Note
Microsoft Windows 7*.
Enable RAID in System BIOS
Use the instructions included with your motherboard to enable RAID in the system BIOS.
1. Click F2 or Delete to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 13
... if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. This message appears at the beginning of Windows XP* setup (during text-mode phase).
Nothing will happen immediately after pressing F6. Setup will temporarily continue loading drivers. You will then be prompted Note with a screen asking you to load support for mass storage device(s).
2. Press S to Specify Additional Device. 3. When you see...
User Manual - Page 4
...49 3.4.4 Storage Configuration 50 3.4.5 Super IO Configuration 51 3.4.6 ACPI Configuration 52 3.4.7 USB Configuration 53 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 54 3.6 Boot Screen 55 3.7 Security Screen 56 3.8 Exit Screen 57
4 Software Support 58
4.1 Install Operating System 58 4.2 Support CD Information 58
4.2.1 Running Support CD 58 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 58...
User Manual - Page 5
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ASRock Z68 Pro3 Quick Installation Guide ASRock Z68 Pro3 Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield
ASRock Reminds You... To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Configuration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the "User Manual" in our support CD...
User Manual - Page 10
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 or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility. Please be noted that the USB flash drive or...
User Manual - Page 23
... the UEFI setup, the default value of "Onboard VGA Share Memory", [Auto], will disable VGA/D-Sub function when the add-on VGA card is inserted to this motherboard.
4. Install the onboard VGA driver and the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to your system. If you have installed the drivers already, there is no need to install them again.
5. Set up a multi-monitor display.
For Windows® XP...
User Manual - Page 36
... OS you install.
RAID mode is not supported under Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS.
STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Configuration. B. Set the option "SATA Mode" to [RAID]. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD...
User Manual - Page 38
...Because the UEFI software is constantly being updated, the following UEFI setup screens and ...set up overclocking features
Advanced To set up the advanced UEFI 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 UEFI SETUP...
User Manual - Page 58
...-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...
User Manual - Page 60
... plan to install the PCI Express graphics card for video output, please set the UEFI option "IGD Multi-Monitor" to [Disabled] to disable the onboard VGA in advance.
2. Intel® will update the new version Rapid Storage Technology driver in the near future. For the new version Rapid Storage Technology driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 5
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ASRock Z68 Pro3 Quick Installation Guide ASRock Z68 Pro3 Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield
ASRock Reminds You... To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Configuration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the "User Manual" in our support CD...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 10
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 or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility. Please be noted that the USB flash drive or...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 19
... adjust the BIOS setup, the default value of "Onboard VGA Share Memory", [Auto], will disable VGA/D-Sub function when the add-on VGA card is inserted to this motherboard.
4. Install the onboard VGA driver and the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to your system. If you have installed the drivers already, there is no need to install them again.
5. Set up a multi-monitor display.
For Windows®...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 256
... install the PCI Express graphics card for video output, please set the UEFI option "IGD Multi-Monitor" to [Disabled] to disable the onboard VGA in advance.
2. Intel® will update the new version Rapid Storage Technology driver in the near future. For the new version Rapid Storage Technology driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com
256 ASRock Z68 Pro3...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
...the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.
After the installation of Windows® XP / XP-64bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Rapid Storage Information" for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
... the source hard drive when initiating the migration.
2. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Manager software, if not already installed, using the setup package obtained from a CD-ROM or from the Internet. This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links.
3. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select "Create RAID volume from Existing...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
If you want to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in Windows® environment, please install "SATAII drivers" from the Support CD again so that "Intel Rapid Storage" will be installed to your system as well.
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Lucid Virtu Installation Guide - Page 2
... supported under Windows 7 / 7 64-bit OS only.
2 Hardware and software specifications
2.1 Hardware specifications
In order to run the Lucid VIRTU solution, the following hardware is required:
Item
Configuration/features
Motherboard Any Intel Sandy Bridge based platform with integrated onboard display output
CPU
Intel Sandy Bridge Dual/Quad Core CPU
Chipset
Intel Sandy Bridge H67/H61/Z68...
Lucid Virtu Installation Guide - Page 4
... is recommended to restart the system after every driver installation e. All examples relate to 32 bit installation
1. Manually install Lucid VIRTU from our support CD. Lucid VIRTU is located in the following path of our support CD: ..\ Lucidlogix VIRTU Setup_32Bit.exe Double-click this file to start installation.
2. The VIRTU Setup Wizard window is displayed.
3. Click Next. The End User License...