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Intel Smart Response Installation Guide - Page 1
Intel Smart Response Technology Installation Guide
This motherboard supports Intel Smart Response Technology. You can find the UI setup instruction and the step by step instructions below.
UI setup instruction:
1. Complete initial system setup, including installing the OS to a RAID mode system, then install all required drivers, including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later.
2. You MUST have ...
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 7 or Note
Microsoft Windows 8.
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 test...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 13
... F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. This message appears at the beginning of Windows 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
... system 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 7 and Microsoft Windows 8 because
Intel provided a RAID driver as part of...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 17
... available SCSI adapters. Use the up
and down arrow keys to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be visible. 6. Press Enter to confirm your controller and continue. At this point, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Leave the floppy disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup will...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
...and set the option SATA Mode Selection to [RAID]. Press key to save your change before you exit BIOS setup. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your USB storage device with just one simple click in UEFI setup. Please note that this feature is not available for all models A. Plug in your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Enter...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 18
...and RAID BIOS setup, please follow the steps below. STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. STEP 2: Install Windows...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 19
Start Windows® Installation. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, please click "Load Driver".
Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; select "Browse" to find the RAID driver. Then choose the directory you have copied in the first step.
Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Continue to install the OS by following the instructions.
...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 20
.... Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. If you encounter this problem, you will need to follow the instructions below to fix this problem. Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit: A. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 through this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. After installing Windows...
User Manual - Page 5
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2.10.4 Driver Installation and Setup
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2.11 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide
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2.12 HDD Saver Cable Installation Guide
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2.13 Dual LAN and Teaming Operation Guide
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Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation
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3.1 Installing Drivers
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3.2 A-Tuning
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3.3 Intel® Rapid Start Technology
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3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology
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3.5 ASRock Cloud (Intel...
User Manual - Page 7
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1.1 Package Contents
• ASRock Z97 Extreme9 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor) • ASRock Z97 Extreme9 Quick Installation Guide • ASRock Z97 Extreme9 Support CD • 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 • 4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) • 1 x HDD Saver...
User Manual - Page 35
Z97 Extreme9
2.9 SLITM , 3-Way SLITM , 4-Way SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide
This motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM , 3-way SLITM, 4-way SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you to install up to four identical PCI Express x16 graphics cards. Currently, NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM technology supports Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 8.1 /...
User Manual - Page 42
... to install up to four identical PCI Express x16 graphics cards. Currently CrossFireXTM, 3-way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM are supported with Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 8.1 / 8.1 64bit OS.
1. You should only use identical CrossFireXTM-ready graphics cards that are AMD certified.
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology. Download the...
User Manual - Page 45
Z97 Extreme9
2.10.4 Driver Installation and Setup
Step 1 Power on your computer and boot into OS. Step 2 Remove the AMD drivers if you have any VGA drivers installed in your system.
The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation. Please check AMD's website for AMD driver updates.
Step...
User Manual - Page 51
Z97 Extreme9
Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation
3.1 Installing Drivers
The Support CD that comes with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard's features.
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 ...
User Manual - Page 52
... from ASRock's support CD, A-Tuning will be auto-installed as well. After the installation, you will find the icon "A-Tuning" on your desktop. Double-click the "A-Tuning" icon, A-Tuning main menu will pop up.
3.2.2 Using A-Tuning
There are six sections in A-Tuning main menu: Operation Mode, Tools, OC Tweaker, System Info, Live Update, Tech Service and Settings.
Operation...
User Manual - Page 78
... purchasing and downloading software applications for your ASRock computer. You can install various apps and support utilities quickly and easily, and optimize your system and keep your motherboard up to date simply with a few clicks.
Double-click
on your desktop to access ASRock APP Shop utility.
*You need to be connected to the Internet to download apps from the ASRock APP Shop...
User Manual - Page 87
Z97 Extreme9
Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY
4.1 Introduction
This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY by pressing or right after you power on the computer, otherwise, the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) will continue with its test routines. If you wish to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY...
User Manual - Page 90
... set up overclocking features.
Because the UEFI software is constantly being updated, the following UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only, and they may not exactly match what you see on your screen.
Advanced Turbo
You can use this option to increase your system performance. This option appears only when your CPU supports...