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... Installation Guide ...3 1.1 Introduction of RAID ...3 1.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 3 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility ...4 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 4 1.3.2 Create Disk Array ...4 1.3.3 Delete Disk Array ...7 1.3.4 Select Boot Array ...7 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 9 2.1 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000/XP/...
... Installation Guide ...3 1.1 Introduction of RAID ...3 1.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 3 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility ...4 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 4 1.3.2 Create Disk Array ...4 1.3.3 Delete Disk Array ...7 1.3.4 Select Boot Array ...7 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 9 2.1 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000/XP/...
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...1, and JBOD functions with two independent SATA channels. If you use two new drives if you are allowed to configure RAID functions under BIOS environment. 1.1 Introduction of the RAID 0 Disk will cause data damage or data loss. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of...array management software will affect the entire array. Although RAID 0 function can improve the access performance, it will direct all drives. 1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide You are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for performance. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. It provides data protection and...
...1, and JBOD functions with two independent SATA channels. If you use two new drives if you are allowed to configure RAID functions under BIOS environment. 1.1 Introduction of the RAID 0 Disk will cause data damage or data loss. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of...array management software will affect the entire array. Although RAID 0 function can improve the access performance, it will direct all drives. 1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide You are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for performance. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. It provides data protection and...
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... be of array modes will appear on , the following information will appear. Within the main interface, use the up your new RAID array. 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility After the system powers on the screen. Just highlight the target array mode that you use an existing drive and a new drive... storage capacity for data protection (the new drive must be the base storage size. You may use two new drives, or use two drives of BIOS configuration utility is 60GB. 2. If you want to create, and press to enter...
... be of array modes will appear on , the following information will appear. Within the main interface, use the up your new RAID array. 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility After the system powers on the screen. Just highlight the target array mode that you use an existing drive and a new drive... storage capacity for data protection (the new drive must be the base storage size. You may use two new drives, or use two drives of BIOS configuration utility is 60GB. 2. If you want to create, and press to enter...
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... select the array drives manually. Then the list of available block size will be selected from 4K to 64K Bytes. 5 Select "Auto Setup" to allow BIOS to highlight the "Block Size" and press . Use the arrow key to select the disk drives and create array automatically. One method is "Auto Setup...
... select the array drives manually. Then the list of available block size will be selected from 4K to 64K Bytes. 5 Select "Auto Setup" to allow BIOS to highlight the "Block Size" and press . Use the arrow key to select the disk drives and create array automatically. One method is "Auto Setup...
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... issue, currently, you install Windows Vista/Vista 64-bit OS. This issue may require driver update. If user does not want to build RAID 1 under BIOS environment if you are not allowed to duplicate data, the data on the source and the mirror drive will be greater or equal to create...-bit OS, please use "Select Disk Drives" to select disk drives 6 Please visit our website for the updated driver in the near future. (http://www.asrock.com) The data on disk drives will appear: "Error: mirror's size is a limitation when using this feature. The capacity of a JBOD array if you use...
... issue, currently, you install Windows Vista/Vista 64-bit OS. This issue may require driver update. If user does not want to build RAID 1 under BIOS environment if you are not allowed to duplicate data, the data on the source and the mirror drive will be greater or equal to create...-bit OS, please use "Select Disk Drives" to select disk drives 6 Please visit our website for the updated driver in the near future. (http://www.asrock.com) The data on disk drives will appear: "Error: mirror's size is a limitation when using this feature. The capacity of a JBOD array if you use...
User Manual
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... 30 3.1 Introduction 30 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 30 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 31 3.2 Main Screen 31 3.3 Advanced Screen 31 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 32 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 35 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 38 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 ...
... 30 3.1 Introduction 30 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 30 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 31 3.2 Main Screen 31 3.3 Advanced Screen 31 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 32 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 35 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 38 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 ...
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... Contents ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm) ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Quick Installation Guide ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for purchasing ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup...
... Contents ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm) ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Quick Installation Guide ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for purchasing ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup...
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...may affect your system stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your own risk and expense. CD in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the thirdparty overclocking tools. Chassis Fan Tachometer - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V,... is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in header - We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking. 7 Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 2 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD) and "Hot...
...may affect your system stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your own risk and expense. CD in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the thirdparty overclocking tools. Chassis Fan Tachometer - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V,... is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in header - We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking. 7 Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 2 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD) and "Hot...
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...: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN 1 1 COM1 ATXPWR1 CHA_FAN1 VIA P4M900 Chipset PCI EXPRESS IDE1 9 Super I/O 24 23 22 21 LAN PHY 4Mb BIOS Audio CODEC CD1 1 HD_AUDIO1 7.1 CH HD PCIE1 PCI1 4CoreDX90-VSTA PCI2 USB2.0 PCI3 HDMR1 USB4_5 1 USB6_7 1 VIA VT8237A FLOPPY1 CMOS Battery CLRCMOS1 SPEAKER1 1 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN 1 HDLED RESET SATA1 SATA2 SATA...
...: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN 1 1 COM1 ATXPWR1 CHA_FAN1 VIA P4M900 Chipset PCI EXPRESS IDE1 9 Super I/O 24 23 22 21 LAN PHY 4Mb BIOS Audio CODEC CD1 1 HD_AUDIO1 7.1 CH HD PCIE1 PCI1 4CoreDX90-VSTA PCI2 USB2.0 PCI3 HDMR1 USB4_5 1 USB6_7 1 VIA VT8237A FLOPPY1 CMOS Battery CLRCMOS1 SPEAKER1 1 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN 1 HDLED RESET SATA1 SATA2 SATA...
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... this motherboard, please connect it to the front panel audio header as below: A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to connect them for HD audio panel only. Enter BIOS Setup Utility. F. Pin 1-3 Connected 3-Pin Fan Installation 21 Click "Audio I/O", select "Connector Settings" , choose "Disable front panel jack detection", and save the change by clicking...
... this motherboard, please connect it to the front panel audio header as below: A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to connect them for HD audio panel only. Enter BIOS Setup Utility. F. Pin 1-3 Connected 3-Pin Fan Installation 21 Click "Audio I/O", select "Connector Settings" , choose "Disable front panel jack detection", and save the change by clicking...
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... floppy diskette into the floppy diskette. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to set RAID configuration. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to the BIOS RAID installation guide of Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information in the Support CD:...D. Please refer to boot your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. Please visit our website for proper configuration. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. When you need to install Windows® 2000, Windows...
... floppy diskette into the floppy diskette. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to set RAID configuration. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to the BIOS RAID installation guide of Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information in the Support CD:...D. Please refer to boot your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. Please visit our website for proper configuration. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. When you need to install Windows® 2000, Windows...
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... rebuild) RAID functions on SATA HDDs, please set RAID configuration. Please refer to load the VIA® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to install Windows®... well. 2.14.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install a third-party RAID driver. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Before you install. 1. VIA® RAID drivers are in the following path in the Support CD: .. \...
... rebuild) RAID functions on SATA HDDs, please set RAID configuration. Please refer to load the VIA® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to install Windows®... well. 2.14.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install a third-party RAID driver. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Before you install. 1. VIA® RAID drivers are in the following path in the Support CD: .. \...
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...to use "VIA RAID Tool" in the following item. You may set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide part of BIOS setup to [Auto], which means during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE bus is untied during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed ...PCI / PCIE bus. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. B. Please refer to your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit /...
...to use "VIA RAID Tool" in the following item. You may set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide part of BIOS setup to [Auto], which means during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE bus is untied during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed ...PCI / PCIE bus. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. B. Please refer to your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit /...
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... get into the sub screen. 30 If you start up the security features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing + + , or by turning the system off and then back on....UTILITY. 3. The Flash Memory on the system chassis. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you wish to choose among the selections on your system. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to locate and load the Operating System Security To set up the...
... get into the sub screen. 30 If you start up the security features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing + + , or by turning the system off and then back on....UTILITY. 3. The Flash Memory on the system chassis. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you wish to choose among the selections on your system. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to locate and load the Operating System Security To set up the...
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... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Mon 03/12/2007] BIOS Version : 4CoreDX90-VSTA BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 3.40 GHz (64bit supported) Processor Speed : 3400MHz Microcode Update : F65/7 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DRD 1 DDR ...the selected screen To display the General Help Screen To load optimal default values for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you may set the configurations for ...
... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Mon 03/12/2007] BIOS Version : 4CoreDX90-VSTA BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 3.40 GHz (64bit supported) Processor Speed : 3400MHz Microcode Update : F65/7 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DRD 1 DDR ...the selected screen To display the General Help Screen To load optimal default values for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you may set the configurations for ...
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...Memory Protection Intel (R) SpeedStep (tm) tech. [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto] Select how to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration CPU Host Frequency Actual Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum PCIE clock operation mode [Auto] [200] [... actual CPU host frequency will show in the following item. Spread Spectrum Select [Auto] for the spread spectrum feature. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause ...
...Memory Protection Intel (R) SpeedStep (tm) tech. [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto] Select how to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration CPU Host Frequency Actual Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum PCIE clock operation mode [Auto] [200] [... actual CPU host frequency will show in the following item. Spread Spectrum Select [Auto] for the spread spectrum feature. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause ...
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... dram SPD. 35 Active to CMD (Trcd) Use this option to set to Active (Trp). Configuration options: [Auto], [2T], [3T], [4T], and [5T]. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Bank Interleave Precharge to Active (Trp) Active to Precharge (Tras) Active to...
... dram SPD. 35 Active to CMD (Trcd) Use this option to set to Active (Trp). Configuration options: [Auto], [2T], [3T], [4T], and [5T]. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Bank Interleave Precharge to Active (Trp) Active to Precharge (Tras) Active to...
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... Use this feature if the system supports it. ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to -RAM feature. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode.
... Use this feature if the system supports it. ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to -RAM feature. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode.
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...IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you want to enable or disable the onboard IDE controller. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. OnBoard IDE Controller...Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller SATA Operation Mode [Enabled] [non-RAID] To enable or disable the onboard IDE controller.
...IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you want to enable or disable the onboard IDE controller. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. OnBoard IDE Controller...Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller SATA Operation Mode [Enabled] [non-RAID] To enable or disable the onboard IDE controller.
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... ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard disk drives. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive. S.M.A.R.T. Make sure to set the PIO mode to select the LBA...
... ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard disk drives. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive. S.M.A.R.T. Make sure to set the PIO mode to select the LBA...