Asus TUF SABERTOOTH X79 [2/148] Revised edition v3 january 2013
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Содержание
- Motherboard 1
- Revised edition v3 january 2013 2
- Chapter 1 product introduction 3
- Chapter 2 hardware information 3
- Contents 3
- Chapter 3 bios setup 4
- Chapter 4 software support 4
- Contents 4
- Chapter 5 multiple gpu technology support 5
- Contents 5
- Canadian department of communications statement 6
- Federal communications commission statement 6
- Notices 6
- Electrical safety 7
- Operation safety 7
- Safety information 7
- About this guide 8
- How this guide is organized 8
- Where to find more information 8
- Conventions used in this guide 9
- Typography 9
- Sabertooth x79 specifications summary 10
- Sabertooth x79 specifications summary 11
- Sabertooth x79 specifications summary 12
- Before you start installing the motherboard and hardware devices on it check the items in your package with the list below 13
- Chapter 1 13
- Chapter 1 product introduction 13
- Check your motherboard package for the following items 13
- Package contents 13
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard 13
- Thank you for buying an asu 13
- The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies making it another standout in the long line of asus quality motherboards 13
- Welcome 13
- Chapter 1 14
- Complete usb 3 integration 14
- Core i7 process extreme edition 14
- Pcie 3 ready 14
- Product highlights 14
- Quad channel ddr3 1866 1600 1333 1066 mhz support 14
- Quad gpu sli and quad gpu crossfirex support 14
- Socket 2011 for 2nd generation inte 14
- Special features 14
- X79 express chipset 14
- Chapter 1 15
- Extra sata 6 gb s support 15
- New digi power control 15
- Tuf components choke cap mosfet certified by military standard 15
- Tuf engine power design 15
- Tuf thermal armor 15
- Tuf thermal radar 15
- Ultimate cool thermal solutions 15
- Ai suite ii 16
- Asus ez diy 16
- Asus ez flash 2 16
- Asus q connector 16
- Asus q design 16
- Asus q shield 16
- Chapter 1 16
- Esd guards 16
- Safe stable guardian angel 16
- Uefi bios ez mode 16
- Asus exclusive features 17
- Asus multi language bios 17
- Asus mylogo2 17
- Asus ssd caching 17
- Chapter 1 17
- Other special features 17
- Power esata 6gb ready 17
- Usb 3 boost 17
- Usb bios flashback 17
- Chapter 1 18
- Erp ready 18
- Before you proceed 19
- Chapter 2 19
- Chapter 2 hardware information 19
- Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings 19
- Chapter 2 20
- Motherboard layout 20
- Motherboard overview 20
- Chapter 2 21
- Layout contents 21
- Central processing unit cpu 22
- Chapter 2 22
- Core i7 processor extreme edition 22
- The motherboard comes with a surface mount lga2011 socket designed for the intel 22
- Chapter 2 23
- Recommended memory configurations 23
- System memory 23
- The motherboard comes with eight double data rate 3 ddr3 dual inline memory modules dimm slots 23
- Chapter 2 24
- Memory configurations 24
- You may install 1gb 2gb 4gb and 8gb unbuffered and non ecc ddr3 dimms into the dimm sockets 24
- Asus sabertooth x79 2 7 25
- Chapter 2 25
- E8040_sabertooth_x79_v3 indb 7 21 1 13 5 35 03 pm 25
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard qualified vendors lists qvl ddr3 1333 mhz capability 25
- 8 chapter 2 hardware information 26
- Chapter 2 26
- E8040_sabertooth_x79_v3 indb 8 21 1 13 5 35 05 pm 26
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard qualified vendors lists qvl ddr3 1333 mhz capability continued 26
- Asus sabertooth x79 2 9 27
- Chapter 2 27
- E8040_sabertooth_x79_v3 indb 9 21 1 13 5 35 07 pm 27
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard qualified vendors lists qvl ddr3 1600 mhz capability 27
- 10 chapter 2 hardware information 28
- Chapter 2 28
- E8040_sabertooth_x79_v3 indb 10 21 1 13 5 35 08 pm 28
- Memory module will run at ddr3 1600 mhz frequency 28
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard qualified vendors lists qvl ddr3 1600 mhz capability 28
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard qualified vendors lists qvl ddr3 1600 mhz capability continued 28
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard qualified vendors lists qvl ddr3 1866 mhz capability 28
- The above qvl is for the ddr3 1800 mhz memory module due to cpu behavior ddr3 1800 mhz 28
- Asus sabertooth x79 2 11 29
- Chapter 2 29
- E8040_sabertooth_x79_v3 indb 11 21 1 13 5 35 09 pm 29
- Memory module will run at ddr3 1866 mhz frequency 29
- Memory module will run at ddr3 2133 mhz frequency 29
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard qualified vendors lists qvl ddr3 1866 mhz capability continued 29
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard qualified vendors lists qvl ddr3 2133 mhz capability 29
- Sabertooth x79 motherboard qualified vendors lists qvl ddr3 2400 mhz capability 29
- The above qvl is for the ddr3 2000 mhz memory module due to cpu behavior ddr3 2000 mhz 29
- The above qvl is for the ddr3 2200 mhz memory module due to cpu behavior ddr3 2200 mhz 29
- Chapter 2 30
- Expansion slots 30
- Chapter 2 31
- Irq assignments for this motherboard 31
- Chapter 2 32
- Clear rtc ram 3 pin clrtc 32
- Jumper 32
- Key during the boot process and enter bios setup to re enter data 32
- Move the jumper cap from pins 1 2 default to pins 2 3 keep the cap on pins 2 3 for about 5 10 seconds then move the cap back to pins 1 2 32
- Plug the power cord and turn on the computer 32
- This jumper allows you to clear the real time clock rtc ram in cmos you can clear the cmos memory of date time and system setup parameters by erasing the cmos rtc ram data the onboard button cell battery powers the ram data in cmos which include system setup information such as system passwords 32
- To erase the rtc ram 32
- Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord 32
- Chapter 2 33
- Installing dimms that are incompatible with the motherboard may cause system boot failure and the dram_led near the memok switch lights continuously press and hold the memok switch until the dram_led starts blinking to begin automatic memory compatibility tuning for successful boot 33
- Memok switch 33
- Onboard switch 33
- The onboard switch allows you to fine tune performance when working on a bare or open case system this is ideal for overclockers and gamers who continually change settings to enhance system performance 33
- Chapter 2 34
- Onboard leds 34
- Chapter 2 35
- Chipset 35
- If you installed serial ata hard disk drives you can create a raid 0 1 5 and 10 configuration with the intel 35
- Internal connectors 35
- Rapid storage technology through the onboard intel 35
- These connectors connect to serial ata 6gb s hard disk drives via serial ata 6gb s signal cables 35
- X79 serial ata 6gb s connectors 7 pin sata6g_1 2 brown 35
- Chapter 2 36
- Chipset 36
- If you installed serial ata hard disk drives you can create a raid 0 1 5 and 10 configuration with the intel 36
- Rapid storage technology through the onboard intel 36
- These connectors connect to serial ata 3gb s hard disk drives and optical disc drives via serial ata 3gb s signal cables 36
- X79 serial ata 3gb s connectors 7 pin sata3g_3 6 black 36
- Chapter 2 37
- Marvel 37
- Serial ata 6gb s connectors 7 pin sata6g_e1 e2 gray 37
- These connectors connect to serial ata 6gb s hard disk drives via serial ata 6gb s signal cables 37
- Chapter 2 38
- Sabertooth x79 usb3 connector 38
- Serial port connector 10 1 pin com1 38
- This connector is for a serial com port connect the serial port module cable to this connector then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis 38
- This connector is for the additional usb 3 ports and complies with the usb 3 specificaton that supports up to 4 gbps connection speed if the usb 3 front panel cable is available from your system chassis with this usb 3 connector you can have a front panel usb 3 solution 38
- Usb 3 connector 20 1 pin usb3_56 38
- Usb3_56 38
- Chapter 2 39
- Digital audio connector 4 1 pin spdif_out 39
- Sabertooth x79 digital audio connector 39
- Sabertooth x79 usb2 connectors 39
- Spdif_out 39
- These connectors are for usb 2 ports connect the usb module cable to any of these connectors then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis these usb connectors comply with usb 2 specification that supports up to 480 mbps connection speed 39
- This connector is for an additional sony philips digital interface s pdif port s connect the s pdif out module cable to this connector then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis 39
- Usb 2 connectors 10 1 pin usb78 usb910 usb1112 usb1314 39
- Chapter 2 40
- Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard ensuring that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector 40
- Cpu chassis and assistant fan connectors 4 pin cpu_fan 4 pin cpu_opt fan 4 pin cha_fan1 4 4 pin asst_fan 40
- Chapter 2 41
- Front panel audio connector 10 1 pin aafp 41
- This connector is for a chassis mounted front panel audio i o module that supports either hd audio or legacy ac 97 audio standard connect one end of the front panel audio i o module cable to this connector 41
- Atx power connectors 24 pin eatxpwr 8 pin eatx12v 42
- Chapter 2 42
- These connectors are for atx power supply plugs the power supply plugs are designed to fit these connectors in only one orientation find the proper orientation and push down firmly until the connectors completely fit 42
- Chapter 2 43
- Additional tools and components to build a pc system 44
- Building your computer system 44
- Chapter 2 44
- Cpu installation 45
- Chapter 2 47
- Cpu heatsink and fan assembly installation 47
- To install the cpu heatsink and fan assembly 47
- Chapter 2 48
- Dimm installation 48
- To remove a dimm 48
- Chapter 2 49
- Motherboard installation 49
- Chapter 2 50
- Chapter 2 51
- Thermal armor for asus sabertooth x79 51
- Chapter 2 52
- Atx power connection 53
- Sata device connection 54
- Chapter 2 55
- Front i o connector 55
- Ide_led 55
- Reset sw 55
- Chapter 2 56
- Expension card installation 56
- Chapter 2 57
- Rear panel connection 57
- Audio 2 4 6 or 8 channel configuration 58
- Chapter 2 58
- Lan ports led indications 58
- Audio i o connections 59
- Chapter 2 59
- Chapter 2 60
- Chapter 2 61
- Usb bios flashback 61
- Chapter 2 62
- Starting up for the first time 62
- Turning off the computer 62
- An error message appears on the screen during the system bootup and requests you to run the bios setup 63
- Bios basic input and output system stores system hardware settings such as storage device configuration overclocking settings advanced power management and boot device configuration that are needed for system startup in the motherboard cmos in normal circumstances the default bios settings apply to most conditions to ensure optimum performance we recommend that you not change the default bios settings except in the following circumstances 63
- Bios setup program 63
- Chapter 3 63
- Chapter 3 bios setup 63
- During the power on self test post to enter the setup utility otherwise post continues with its test routines 63
- Knowing bios 63
- Or press the reset button on the system chassis to restart the system you can also turn the system off and then turn it back on to restart the system do this last option only if the first two failed 63
- The bios setup program can be used under two modes ez mode and advanced mode you can change modes from the exit menu or from the exit advanced mode button in the ez mode advanced mode screen 63
- The bios setup program is designed to make it as easy to use as possible being a menu driven program it lets you scroll through the various submenus and select from the available options using a keyboard or a usb mouse 63
- You have installed a new system component that requires further bios settings or update 63
- 2 chapter 3 bios setup 64
- By default the ez mode screen appears when you enter the bios setup program the ez mode provides you an overview of the basic system information and allows you to select the display language system performance mode and boot device priority to access the advanced mode click exit advanced mode then select advanced mode 64
- Chapter 3 64
- Ez mode 64
- The boot device options vary depending on the devices you installed to the system 64
- The boot menu f8 button is available only when the boot device is installed to the system 64
- The default screen for entering the bios setup program can be changed refer to the setup mode item in section section 3 boot memu for details 64
- Advanced mode 65
- Chapter 3 65
- Menu bar 65
- The advanced mode provides advanced options for experienced end users to configure the bios settings the figure below shows an example of the advanced mode refer to the following sections for the detailed configurations 65
- The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items 65
- Back button 66
- Chapter 3 66
- Configuration fields 66
- General help 66
- Menu items 66
- Navigation keys 66
- Pop up window 66
- Scroll bar 66
- Submenu items 66
- Chapter 3 67
- Main menu 67
- Security 67
- The main menu screen appears when you enter the advanced mode of the bios setup program the main menu provides you an overview of the basic system information and allows you to set the system date time language and security settings 67
- The security menu items allow you to change the system security settings 67
- Administrator password 68
- Chapter 3 68
- User password 68
- Ai tweaker menu 69
- Chapter 3 69
- Scroll down to display the following items 69
- The ai tweaker menu items allow you to configure overclocking related items 69
- Ai overclock tuner auto 70
- Chapter 3 70
- Cpu clock gen filter auto 70
- Memory frequency auto 70
- Chapter 3 71
- Dram timing control 71
- Epu power saving mode disabled 71
- Oc tuner 71
- Chapter 3 72
- Chapter 3 73
- Digi power control 73
- Chapter 3 74
- Chapter 3 75
- Cpu performance settings 75
- Chapter 3 76
- Cpu vcore voltage offset mode 76
- Chapter 3 77
- Cpu pll voltage auto 77
- Cpu vccsa voltage offset mode 77
- Dram voltage cha chb auto 77
- Dram voltage chc chd auto 77
- Offset mode sign 77
- Chapter 3 78
- Cpu spread spectrum auto 78
- Dram ctrl ref voltage on cha b c d 78
- Dram data ref voltage on cha b c d 78
- Dram read ref voltage on cha b c d 78
- Pch 1 v voltage auto 78
- Pcie spread spectrum auto 78
- Vttcpu voltage auto 78
- Vttddr voltage cha chb auto 78
- Vttddr voltage chc chd auto 78
- Advanced menu 79
- Chapter 3 79
- The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system devices 79
- Active processor cores all 80
- Chapter 3 80
- Cpu configuration 80
- Hyper threading enabled 80
- Intel adaptive thermal monitor enabled 80
- Limit cpuid maximum disabled 80
- Chapter 3 81
- Cpu power management configuration 81
- Execute disable bit enabled 81
- Intel virtualization tech enabled 81
- Chapter 3 82
- High precision timer enabled 82
- Pch configuration 82
- Sata configuration 82
- Sata mode ahci mode 82
- Chapter 3 83
- Hot plug disabled 83
- S m a r t status check enabled 83
- Serial ata controller 0 enhanced 83
- Serial ata controller 1 enhanced 83
- Chapter 3 84
- Ehci hand off disabled 84
- Legacy usb support enabled 84
- Legacy usb3 support enabled 84
- Usb configuration 84
- Azalia hd audio enabled 85
- Chapter 3 85
- Front panel type hd 85
- Intel lan controller enabled 85
- Intel pxe oprom disabled 85
- Onboard devices configuraton 85
- Spdif out type spdif 85
- Asm1061 storage controller ahci mode 86
- Asm1061 storage oprom enabled 86
- Asmedia usb 3 controller enabled 86
- Chapter 3 86
- Marvell storage controller enabled 86
- Marvell storage oprom enabled 86
- Pci express x1_1 slot configuration auto 86
- Serial port configuration 86
- Via 1394 controller enabled 86
- Chapter 3 87
- Erp ready disabled 87
- Power on by keyboard disabled 87
- Power on by mouse disabled 87
- Power on by pcie pci disabled 87
- Power on by ring disabled 87
- Power on by rtc disabled 87
- Restore ac power loss power off 87
- Chapter 3 88
- Cpu fan speed cpu opt fan speed chassis fan 1 2 3 4 speed assistant fan speed pch fan speed xxxx rpm or ignore n a 88
- Cpu fan speed low limit 600 rpm 88
- Cpu q fan control enabled 88
- Cpu temperature mb temperature xxx c xxx f xxx c xxx f 88
- Monitor menu 88
- Chapter 3 89
- Chassis 1 2 3 4 fan speed low limit 600 rpm 89
- Chassis 1 2 3 4 q fan control enabled 89
- Assistant pch fan profile standard 90
- Assistant pch fan speed low limit 600 rpm 90
- Assistant pch q fan control enabled 90
- Chapter 3 90
- Depending on the assistant pch temperature 90
- Disabled disables the assistant pch q fan control feature 90
- Enabled enables the aassistant pch q fan control feature 90
- Manual sets to manual to assign detailed fan speed control parameters 90
- Silent sets to silent to minimize the fan speed for quiet assistant pch fan operation 90
- Standard sets to standard to make the assistant pch fan automatically adjust 90
- This item appears only when you enable the assistant pch q fan control feature and allows you to disable or set the chassis fan warning speed configuration options ignore 200 rpm 300 rpm 400 rpm 500 rpm 600 rpm 90
- This item appears only when you enable the assistant pch q fan control feature and allows you to set the appropriate performance level of the assistant pch fan 90
- Turbo sets to turbo to achieve maximum assistant pch fan speed 90
- Anti surge support enabled 91
- Chapter 3 91
- Cpu voltage 3 v voltage 5v voltage 12v voltage 91
- The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators select ignore if you do not want to detect this item 91
- This item allows you to enable or disable the anti surge function configuration options disabled enabled 91
- Boot menu 92
- Bootup numlock state on 92
- Chapter 3 92
- Full screen logo enabled 92
- Option rom messages force bios 92
- Wait for f1 if error enabled 92
- Boot option priorities 93
- Boot override 93
- Chapter 3 93
- Setup mode ez mode 93
- Asus ez flash 2 utility 94
- Chapter 3 94
- To confirm your choice 94
- To display the submenu 94
- Tool menu 94
- Asus dram spd information 95
- Chapter 3 95
- This menu showed the dimm slot related informatons 95
- Allows you to input the label of setup profile 96
- Allows you to load the previous bios settings saved in the bios flash key in the profile key in the profile 96
- And then select yes 96
- Asus o c profile 96
- Chapter 3 96
- Load from profile 96
- Save to profile 96
- This item allows you to store or load multiple bios settings 96
- Asus drive xpert 97
- Chapter 3 97
- Drive xpert device s list 97
- Drive xpert mode 97
- Ez backup allows you to use the ez backup function that copies and maintains an identical image of data from the sata6g_e1 drive to the sata6g_e2 drive 97
- Normal mode allows you to use the sata6g_e1 and sata6g_e2 connectors as normal sata connectors 97
- Super speed allows you to use the super speed function that combines two hard drives as one single drive partition 97
- To display the information of the hard disks which are connected to the sata6g_e1 and sata6g_e2 connectors on the motherboard 97
- Asus ez mode 98
- Chapter 3 98
- Discard changes exit 98
- Exit menu 98
- Launch uefi shell from filesystem device 98
- Load optimized defaults 98
- Save changes reset 98
- Asus update utility 99
- Chapter 3 99
- Launching asus update 99
- Updating bios 99
- Chapter 3 100
- Updating the bios through the internet 100
- Chapter 3 101
- Updating the bios through a bios file 101
- Asus ez flash 2 utility 102
- Chapter 3 102
- Asus crashfree bios 3 utility 103
- Chapter 3 103
- Insert the motherboard support dvd to the optical drive or the usb flash drive containing the bios file to the usb port 103
- Recovering the bios 103
- The asus crashfree bios 3 utility is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the bios file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process you can restore a corrupted bios file using the motherboard support dvd or a usb flash drive that contains the bios file 103
- The utility automatically checks the devices for the bios file when found the utility reads the bios file and enters asus ez flash 2 utility automatically 103
- To load default bios values 103
- To recover the bios 103
- Turn on the system 103
- Asus bios updater 104
- Before updating bios 104
- Booting the system in dos environment 104
- Chapter 3 104
- Asus sabertooth x79 3 43 105
- Backing up the current bios 105
- Chapter 3 105
- Ensure that the usb flash drive is not write protected and has enough free space to save the file 105
- The bios updater backup screen appears indicating the bios backup process when bios backup is done press any key to return to the dos prompt 105
- The filename is any user assigned filename with no more than eight alphanumeric the filename is any user assigned filename with no more than eight alphanumeric characters for the filename and three alphanumeric characters for the extension 105
- To backup the current bios file using the bios updater 105
- 44 chapter 3 bios setup 106
- Bios updater checks the selected bios file and prompts you to confirm bios update 106
- Chapter 3 106
- Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the bios to prevent system boot failure 106
- Ensure to connect all sata hard disk drives after updating the bios file if you have disconnected them 106
- Ensure to load the bios default settings to ensure system compatibility and stability select the load optimized defaults item under the exit bios menu see chaper 3 of your motherboard user manual for details 106
- For bios updater version 1 4 or later the utility automatically exits to the dos prompt after updating bios 106
- The bios updater screen appears as below 106
- To exit bios updater restart your computer 106
- To update the bios file using bios updater 106
- Updating the bios file 106
- Chapter 4 107
- Chapter 4 software support 107
- Installing an operating system 107
- Operating systems os always install the latest os version and corresponding updates to maximize the features of your hardware 107
- Place the support dvd into the optical drive the dvd automatically displays the drivers menu if autorun is enabled in your computer click each menu tab and select the items you want to install 107
- Running the support dvd 107
- Support dvd information 107
- The support dvd that comes with the motherboard package contains the drivers software applications and utilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features 107
- This motherboard supports window 107
- Xp 64 bit xp vista 64 bit vista 7 64 bit 7 64 bit vista 7 64 bit 7 107
- Chapter 4 108
- Obtaining the software manuals 108
- Ai suite ii 109
- Chapter 4 109
- Installing ai suite ii 109
- Software information 109
- Using ai suite ii 109
- Asus tuf thermal radar 110
- Chapter 4 110
- Launching thermal radar 110
- Using the thermal radar main screen 110
- Chapter 4 111
- Configuring system fan settings 111
- Loading default fan profiles 111
- Chapter 4 112
- Configuring user customizable fan settings 112
- Chapter 4 113
- Chapter 4 114
- Environment and takes effect in real time without exiting and rebooting the os 114
- Turbov 114
- Turbov allows you to overclock the bclk frequency cpu voltage imc voltage and dram bus voltage in window 114
- Turbov evo 114
- Turbov evo on the ai suite ii main menu bar 114
- Chapter 4 115
- Chapter 4 116
- Chapter 4 117
- Cpu power 117
- Digi power control 117
- Digi power control on the ai suite ii main menu bar select cpu power or dram power to adjust the power control settings 117
- Chapter 4 118
- Dram power 118
- Chapter 4 119
- Launching sensor recorder 119
- Sensor recorder 119
- Using history record 119
- Using sensor recorder 119
- Chapter 4 120
- Configuring usb 3 boost 120
- Launching usb 3 boost 120
- Usb 3 boost 120
- Asus ssd caching 121
- Chapter 4 121
- Configuring asus ssd caching 121
- Launching asus ssd caching 121
- Asus update 122
- Chapter 4 122
- Launching asus update 122
- Using asus update 122
- Chapter 4 123
- Launching asus update 123
- Mylogo2 123
- Using mylogo 123
- Chapter 4 124
- A realtek hd audio manager for window 125
- Audio codec provides 8 channel audio capability to deliver the ultimate audio experience on your computer the software provides jack detection function s pdif out support and interrupt capability the codec also includes the realte 125
- Audio configurations 125
- Audio driver from the support dvd that came with the motherboard package 125
- B realtek hd audio manager for windows xp 125
- Chapter 4 125
- Follow the installation wizard to install the realte 125
- If the realtek audio software is correctly installed you will find the realtek hd audio manager icon on the taskbar double click on the icon to display the realtek hd audio manager 125
- Proprietary ua 125
- The realte 125
- Universal audio jack technology for all audio ports eliminating cable connection errors and giving users plug and play convenience 125
- Chapter 4 126
- Raid configurations 126
- Raid definitions 126
- Asus sabertooth x79 4 21 127
- Chapter 4 127
- Connect a sata power cable to the power connector on each drive 127
- Connect the sata signal cables 127
- Due to chipset limitation when set any of sata ports to raid mode all sata ports run at raid mode together 127
- Enter the bios setup during post 127
- Install the sata hard disks into the drive bays 127
- Installing serial ata hard disks 127
- Intel rapid storage technology option rom utility 127
- Rapid storage technology option rom utility 127
- Refer to chapter 3 for details on entering and navigating through the bios setup 127
- Save your changes and then exit the bios setup 127
- Set the sata mode item to raid mode 127
- Setting the raid item in bios 127
- The motherboard supports serial ata hard disk drives for optimal performance install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array 127
- To display the utility main menu 127
- To enter the inte 127
- To install the sata hard disks for a raid configuration 127
- Turn on the system 127
- You must enable the raid function in the bios setup before creating raid set s using sata hdds to do this 127
- 22 chapter 4 software support 128
- Chapter 4 128
- Creating a raid set 128
- The following screen appears 128
- The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to move through the menus and select the menu options 128
- The raid bios setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen 128
- The utility supports maximum four hard disk drives for raid configuration 128
- To create a raid set 128
- To select the hard disk drives you want to include in the raid set the select disks screen appears 128
- Chapter 4 129
- 24 chapter 4 software support 130
- Chapter 4 130
- Deleting a raid set 130
- Exiting the inte 130
- Rapid storage technology option rom utility 130
- Take caution when deleting a raid set you will lose all data on the hard disk drives when you delete a raid set 130
- The following screen appears 130
- The following warning message appears 130
- To delete a raid set 130
- To exit the utility 130
- To return to the delete volume menu 130
- To return to the utility main menu 130
- Chapter 4 131
- Create a raid array 131
- During post 131
- Marvell raid utility 131
- The onboard marvell sata 6 gb s controller allows you to create a raid 0 or raid 1 array using two sata hard disk drives refer to chapter 2 of your motherboard user manual for the exact location of the marvell sata 6 gb s connector 131
- To continue 131
- 26 chapter 4 software support 132
- Chapter 4 132
- E8040_sabertooth_x79_v3 indb 26 21 1 13 5 36 22 pm 132
- Gigabyte rounding gigabyte rounding in the event of a single physical disk failure in a raid 1 virtual disk gigabyte rounding allows the replacement physical disk to be of a size slightly smaller than the existing physical disk the capacity of the rebuilt virtual disk equals to the size of the smaller physical disk included in the raid 1 array the configuration options represent the tolerance value of drive capacity difference configuration options none 1g 10g 132
- Name name enter a name with 1 10 letters no special characters for the raid array 132
- Raid level raid level select a raid level configuration options raid 0 raid 1 132
- Stripe size stripe size specifies the size of single data block on the virtual disk in general a larger stripe size is recommended for applications requiring large data transfers such as audio video and graphics a smaller stripe size is better for applications with content in much smaller size such as e mails and documents configuration options 32k 64k 132
- The following warning message appears 132
- To cancel the new raid array appears under virtual disks as shown in the image below 132
- To configure further raid settings 132
- Asus sabertooth x79 4 27 133
- Chapter 4 133
- Delete an existing raid array 133
- The following warning message appears 133
- To save the raid setting and exit the marvell raid utility 133
- 28 chapter 4 software support 134
- Chapter 4 134
- E8040_sabertooth_x79_v3 indb 28 21 1 13 5 36 23 pm 134
- The following warning message appears 134
- To delete the master boot record mbr from the selected raid array 134
- To delete the selected raid array the following warning message appears 134
- To save the raid setting and exit the marvell raid utility 134
- Chapter 4 135
- Creating a raid driver disk 135
- Creating a raid driver disk in window 135
- Creating a raid driver disk in windows 135
- Creating a raid driver disk without entering the os 135
- Chapter 4 136
- Installing the raid driver during window 136
- Installing the raid driver during windows os installation 136
- Os installation 136
- Chapter 4 137
- Using a usb floppy disk drive 137
- Chapter 4 138
- Amd crossfirex technology 139
- Before you begin 139
- Chapter 5 139
- Chapter 5 multiple gpu technology support 139
- Crossfirex 139
- Requirements 139
- Technology 139
- Chapter 5 140
- Graphics cards 140
- Installing two crossfirex 140
- Installing two crossfirex graphics cards 140
- Chapter 5 141
- Crossfirex 141
- Enabling dual crossfirex technology 141
- Enabling the am 141
- Enabling the amd crossfirex technology 141
- Installing the device drivers 141
- Launching the amd vision engine control center 141
- Technology 141
- Chapter 5 142
- Installing two sli ready graphics cards 142
- Nvidia sli technology 142
- Requirements 142
- Sli technology 142
- Chapter 5 143
- Enabling the nvidi 143
- Enabling the nvidia sli technology 143
- Installing the device drivers 143
- Launching the nvidia control panel 143
- Sli technology 143
- Chapter 5 144
- Chapter 5 145
- Enabling sli settings 145
- Chapter 5 146
- Asus computer gmbh germany and austria 147
- Asus computer international america 147
- Asus contact information 147
- Asustek computer inc 147
- Technical support 147
- Asus computer international 148
- Ca 94539 148
- Declaration of conformity 148
- E8040_sabertooth_x79_v3 indb 2 21 1 13 5 36 39 pm 148
- Ec declaration of conformity 148
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