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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.
2
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...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 16
... onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system installation.
You do not need to use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on Microsoft Windows Vista* and Microsoft Windows 7* because
Intel provided a RAID driver as part of...
User Manual - Page 4
... Connect Technology 79 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration 80 3.4.8 ACPI Configuration 81 3.4.9 USB Configuration 82 3.5 Tool 83 3.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 84 3.7 Boot Screen 85 3.8 Security Screen 86 3.9 Exit Screen 87
4 Software Support 88
4.1 Install Operating System 88 4.2 Support CD Information 88
4.2.1 Running Support CD 88 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 88 4.2.3 Utilities Menu...
User Manual - Page 5
... WS Quick Installation Guide ASRock Z77 WS Support CD 6 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield 2 x ASRock SLI_Bridge Cards 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_3S Card 1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI Bridge Card
ASRock Reminds You... To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS...
User Manual - Page 11
...a more personal Internet experience. ASRock motherboards are exclusively equipped with the ASRock SmartView utility that helps you keep in touch with friends on-the-go. To use ASRock SmartView feature, please make sure your OS version is Windows® 7 / 7 64 bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64 bit, and your browser version is IE8.
ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast USB can boost USB storage device performance...
User Manual - Page 24
... your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology. Download the driver from 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. It is recommended to use NVIDIA® certified PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA® website for details.
2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.7.1.1 Installing Two SLITM...
User Manual - Page 31
... supported with Windows® VistaTM / 7 OS only. Please check AMD's website for 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 35
...You must have Microsoft .NET Framework installed prior to downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center. Please check Microsoft website for details. For Windows® 7 / 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...
User Manual - Page 37
... not adjust the UEFI setup, the default value of "Share Memory", [Auto], will disable HDMI function when an 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 / XP...
User Manual - Page 65
...BIOS setup less difficult but also a lot more amusing. This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press or during the Power...Because the UEFI software is constantly being updated, the following UEFI setup screens and ...
User Manual - Page 88
...-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menu.
4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available device's drivers if the system detects installed devices. Please install...
User Manual - Page 90
... disk. You can download the driver from
ASRock's website and unzip the file into a USB flash disk OR copy the file from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the files under following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel.. 3. Create RAID array for you system. Please refer to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for details. 4. Install Windows...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 5
... WS Quick Installation Guide ASRock Z77 WS Support CD 6 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield 2 x ASRock SLI_Bridge Cards 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_3S Card 1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI Bridge Card
ASRock Reminds You... To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 11
...a more personal Internet experience. ASRock motherboards are exclusively equipped with the ASRock SmartView utility that helps you keep in touch with friends on-the-go. To use ASRock SmartView feature, please make sure your OS version is Windows® 7 / 7 64 bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64 bit, and your browser version is IE8.
ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast USB can boost USB storage device performance...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 21
... graphics card driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology. Download the driver from 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. It is recommended to use NVIDIA® certified PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA® website for details.
2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.7.1.1 Installing Two...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 28
... CrossFireXTM feature. For other CrossFireXTM cards that AMD has released or will release in the future, please refer to AMD graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
Step 1.
Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE1 slot and the other Radeon graphics card to PCIE5 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 32
... check Microsoft website for details. For Windows® 7 / 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.
ATI Catalyst Control Center
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 205
... system POST and choose the item
"UEFI:xxx" to boot. C. Start Windows® Installation. When you see "Where do you want to install
Windows?" page, please click "Load Driver".
D. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; select "Browse" to find the RAID driver. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you have copied in the first step.
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