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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...
User Manual - Page 4
... guration 50 3.4.4 Storage Con guration 52 3.4.5 Super IO Con guration 53 3.4.6 ACPI Con guration 54 3.4.7 USB Con guration 55 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 56 3.6 Boot Screen 57 3.7 Security Screen 58 3.8 Exit Screen 59
4 Software Support 60
4.1 Install Operating System 60 4.2 Support CD Information 60
4.2.1 Running Support CD 60 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 60 4.2.3 Utilities...
User Manual - Page 5
...7.5-in, 30.5 cm x 19.1 cm)
ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 Quick Installation Guide ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 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 Con guration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the "User...
User Manual - Page 11
BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS le to your USB ash drive, oppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional oppy diskette or other complicated ash utility. Please be noted that the USB ash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12...
User Manual - Page 24
... adjust the UEFI setup, the default value of "Onboard VGA Share Memory", [Auto], will disable 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 37
... to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con guration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, "Guide to Intel Rapid Storage", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information
If you want to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in Windows® environment, please install "SATAII driver...
User Manual - Page 39
... information
OC Tweaker To 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 UTILITY
Use < > key or...
User Manual - Page 60
...-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 le "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...
User Manual - Page 62
...below instructions to install your OS: 1. Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk.
You can download the driver from ASRock website. (http://download.asrock.com/drivers/Intel/SATA/Floppy_Win7-64_Win7_Vista64_ Vista_XP64_XP(v10.6.0.1002)Z68.zip) and unzip the file into the USB flash disk. or Please copy the file from ASRock motherboard support CD. (Please copy the...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 5
... 30.5 cm x 19.1 cm)
ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 Quick Installation Guide ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 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...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 11
.... 16. ASRock On/Off Play Technology allows users to enjoy the great audio experience from the portable audio devices, such like MP3 player or mobile phone to your PC, even when the PC is turned off (or in ACPI S5 mode)! This motherboard also provides a free 3.5mm audio cable (optional) that ensures users the most convenient computing environment.
11 ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 Motherboard
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 20
... adjust the UEFI setup, the default value of "Onboard VGA Share Memory", [Auto], will disable 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...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 187
...: ..\ RAID Installation Guide 3. Install Windows® VistaTM 64-bit (with SP1 or above) / 7 64-bit: a. Put into your Windows® installation disc. b. Press to launch boot menu at 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".
187 ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 Motherboard...
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
... every driver installation
1. Manually install Lucid VIRTU from our support CD. Lucid VIRTU is located in the following path of our support CD: For Win7 32bit : ..\ Drivers\Virtu\Lucid\Win7\Lucidlogix VIRTU Setup_32Bit.exe For Win7 64bit : ..\ Drivers\Virtu\Lucid\Win7-64\Lucidlogix VIRTU Setup_64Bit.exe Double-click this file to start installation.
2. The VIRTU Setup Wizard window is displayed...