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Chapter 3
Z87H3-A3X USER MANUAL
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Main Menu
System Date & Time
The Date and Time items show the current date and time on the computer. If you are
running a Windows OS, these items are automatically updated whenever you make
changes to the Windows Date and Time Properties utility.
System Language (English)
This item is used to set system language.
This menu shows the information of BIOS and enables you to set the system
language, date and time.
Choose the system default
language
Main Advanced Chipset M.I.B.X Boot Security Exit
BIOS Information
System Language English
System Date Fri 08/23/2013
System Time 00:00:21
+/- : Change Opt.
Enter/Dbl Click : Select
: Select Screen
/Click: Select Item
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values
F3: Optimized Defaults
F4: Save & Exit
ESC/Right Click: Exit
F9: Capture Screen
Содержание
- Copyright 1
- Disclaimer 1
- Federal communications commission fcc 1
- Preface 1
- Trademark recognition 1
- Z87h3 a3x user manual 1
- Canadian department of communications 2
- Ce marking 2
- Declaration of conformity 2
- En 55022 2
- En 55024 2
- En 60950 2
- En 61000 3 2 2
- En 61000 3 3 2
- Z87h3 a3x user manual 2
- About the manual 3
- Z87h3 a3x user manual 3
- Chapter 1 1 5
- Chapter 2 7 5
- Chapter 3 29 5
- Connecting case components 4 5
- Installing the motherboard 7 safety precautions installing the motherboard in a chassis checking jumper settings installing hardware 5
- Introducing the motherboard 1 introduction pakage contents specifications motherboard components i o ports 5
- Preface i 5
- Table of contents 5
- Using bios 0 5
- Using bios 29 about the setup utility 9 5
- Z87h3 a3x user manual 5
- Chapter 4 69 6
- Chapter 5 75 6
- Chapter 6 77 6
- Chapter 7 81 6
- Chapter 8 87 6
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- Chapter 1 7
- Chapter 1 introducing the motherboard 7
- Introduction 7
- Package contents 7
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- Chapter 1 8
- Specifications 8
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- Chapter 1 9
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- Chapter 1 11
- Table of motherboard components 11
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- Chapter 1 12
- I o ports 12
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- 1 safety precautions 13
- 2 installing the motherboard in a chassis 13
- Chapter 2 13
- Chapter 2 installing the motherboard 13
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- 3 checking jumper settings 14
- Chapter 2 14
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- 4 1 installing the processor 15
- 4 installing hardware 15
- Chapter 2 15
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- Chapter 2 16
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- 4 2 installing the cpu cooler 17
- Chapter 2 17
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- 4 3 installing memory modules 18
- Chapter 2 18
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- Chapter 2 19
- Due to intel cpu spec definition please follow the table above for recommended memory configuration 19
- For best performance and compatibility we recommend that users give priority to the dimms ddr3_2 ddr3_4 when installing dimms 2 we suggest users not to mix memory type it is recommended to use the same brand and type memory on this motherboard 19
- Recommend memory configuration 19
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- 4 4 installing add on cards 20
- Chapter 2 20
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- Chapter 2 21
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- 4 5 connecting optional devices 22
- Chapter 2 22
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- Chapter 2 23
- Sata3_1 sata3_6 serial ata connectors 23
- Usb3f front panel usb 3 header 23
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- Chapter 2 24
- F_usb1 2 front panel usb 2 headers 24
- Tpm trusted platform module header 24
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- Case chassis intrusion detect header 25
- Chapter 2 25
- Com onboard serial port header 25
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- Chapter 2 26
- F_audio front panel audio header 26
- Lpt onboard parallel port header 26
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- Ac 97 audio configuration to enable the front panel audio connector to support ac97 audio mode 27
- Chapter 2 27
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- Chapter 2 28
- Spdifo spdif out header 28
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- 4 6 installing a sata hard drive 29
- About sata connectors 29
- Chapter 2 29
- Installing serial ata hard drives 29
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- 4 7 connecting case components 30
- After you have installed the motherboard into a case you can begin connecting the motherboard components refer to the following 30
- Chapter 2 30
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- 2 cpu_fan1 2 cpu cooling fan power connectors 9 pwr_fan power cooling fan power connector 4 5 8 sys_fan1 3 system cooling fan power connectors 31
- Atx_power atx 24 pin power connector 10 atx12v 8 pin atx 12v power connector 31
- Chapter 2 31
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- Chapter 2 32
- Connecting 24 pin power cable 32
- Connecting 4 pin power cable 32
- Connecting 8 pin power cable 32
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- Chapter 2 33
- F_panel front panel header 33
- Hard drive activity led 33
- Power sleep message waiting led 33
- Power switch 33
- Reset switch 33
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- Chapter 2 34
- Spk speaker header 34
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- About the setup utility 35
- Chapter 3 35
- Chapter 3 using bios 35
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- Chapter 3 36
- Resetting the default cmos values 36
- Using bios 36
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- Advanced 37
- Bios navigation keys 37
- Chapter 3 37
- Default 37
- Language 37
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- Chapter 3 38
- Main menu 38
- System date time the date and time items show the current date and time on the computer if you are running a windows os these items are automatically updated whenever you make changes to the windows date and time properties utility 38
- System language english this item is used to set system language 38
- This menu shows the information of bios and enables you to set the system language date and time 38
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- Advanced menu 39
- Chapter 3 39
- The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system 39
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- Chapter 3 40
- Lan configuration 40
- Onboard lan controller enabled use this item to enable or disable onboard lan controller 40
- The item in the menu shows the lan related information that the bios automatically detects 40
- To return to the advanced menu page 40
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- Chapter 3 41
- On motherboards support hardware monitoring this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages temperatures and fan speeds 41
- Pc health status 41
- To view the following screen smart fan function 41
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- An input signal on the serial ring indicator ri line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state 43
- Chapter 3 43
- Power management setup 43
- Resume by pme disabled the system can be turned off with a software command if you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the pci pci e modem or pci pci e lan card you must use an atx power supply in order to use this feature use this item to do wake up action if inserting the pci pci e card 43
- Resume by ps2 kb disabled this item enables or disables you to allow keyboard activity to awaken the system from power saving mode 43
- Resume by ps2 ms disabled this item enables or disables you to allow mouse activity to awaken the system from power saving mode 43
- Resume by ring disabled 43
- Resume by rtc alarm disabled the system can be turned off with a software command if you enable this item the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system s rtc realtimeclock use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake up alarm you must use an atx power supply in order to use this feature 43
- Resume by usb disabled this item allows you to enable or disable the usb device wakeup function from s3 mode 43
- This page sets up some parameters for system power management operation 43
- Wake on lan disabled use this item to enable or disable integrated lan to wake the system the wake on lan cannot be disabled if me is on at sx state if disabled resume by usb s3 will not be available 43
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- Acpi settings 44
- Acpi sleep state s3 suspend to ram this item allows user to enter the acpi s3 suspend to ram sleep state default 44
- Chapter 3 44
- Eup function enabled this item allows user to enable or disable eup support 44
- Power led type dual color led this item shows the type of the power led 44
- The item in the menu shows the highest acpi sleep state when the system enters suspend 44
- To return to the advanced menu page 44
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- Active processor cores all use this item to control the number of active processor cores 45
- Chapter 3 45
- Cpu configuration 45
- Intel r core tm i5 4570s cpu 2 0ghz this is display only field and displays the information of the cpu installed in your computer em64t supported this item shows the computer supports em64t processor speed 2900mhz this item shows the current processor speed processor stepping 306c3 this item shows the processor stepping version microcode revision 9 this item shows the microcode version processor cores 4 this item shows the core number of the processor intel ht technology not supported this item shows the computer not supports intel ht technology 45
- Intel vt x technology supported this item shows the computer supports intel vt x technology 45
- Limit cpuid maximum disabled use this item to enable or disable the maximum cpuid value limit you can enables this item to prevent the system from rebooting when trying to install windows nt 4 45
- The item in the menu shows the cpu 45
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- External sata disabled use this item to enable or disable the external sata 47
- Sata configuration 47
- Sata mode ahci mode use this item to select sata mode 47
- Sata port 1 6 not present this motherboard supports six sata channels and each channel allows one sata device to be installed use these items to configure each device on the sata channel 47
- Spin up device disabled use this item to enable or disable the spin up device 47
- To return to the advanced menu page 47
- Use this item to show the mode of serial sata configuration options 47
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- Chapter 3 48
- To return to the advanced menu page 48
- Tpm support enabled use this item to enable or disable the tpm support o s will not show tpm reset of platform is required 48
- Trusted computing 48
- Use this item to show the information of trusted computing configuration 48
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- All usb devices enabled use this item to enable or disable all usb devices 49
- Chapter 3 49
- Legacy usb support enabled use this item to enable or disable support for legacy usb devices 49
- To return to the advanced menu page 49
- Usb configuration 49
- Use this item to show the information of usb configuration 49
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- Change settings auto 50
- Chapter 3 50
- Serial port enabled 50
- Super io chip it8728 this item shows the information of the super io chip 50
- Super io configuration 50
- This item allows you to enable or disable serial port device settings io 3f8h irq 4 50
- This item shows the information of the device settings 50
- To return to the super io configuration page 50
- To view the following screen 50
- Use this item to change device settings 50
- Use this item to show the information of super io configuration 50
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- Chapter 3 51
- Device settings io 378h irq 5 dma 3 51
- Parallel port enabled 51
- This item allows you to enable or disable parallel port 51
- This item shows the information of the device mode 51
- This item shows the information of the device settings change settings auto 51
- To return to the super io configuration page 51
- To view the following screen 51
- Use this item to change device settings device mode ecp mode 51
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- Chapter 3 52
- Intel r rapid start technology 52
- Intel r rapid start technology disabled use this item to enable or disable the intel r rapid start technology 52
- Intel r smart connect technology 52
- Isct support disabled use this item to enable or disable isct support 52
- To return to the advanced menu page 52
- Use this item to show the information of intel r rapid start technology 52
- Use this item to show the information of intel r smart connect technology 52
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- Chapter 3 53
- Chipset menu 53
- Dvmt memory 256m 53
- Igd memory 64m 53
- Igd multi monitor disabled 53
- System agent configuration 53
- The chipset menu items allow you to change the settings for the north bridge chipset south bridge chipset and other system 53
- This item allows you to enable or disable the igd multi monitor 53
- This item shows the information of the igd internal graphics device memory 53
- To view the following screen 53
- When set to fixed mode the graphics driver will reserve a fixed position of the system memory as graphics memory according to system and graphics requirements 53
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- Chapter 3 54
- Multi monitor technology 54
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- Step 2 install all the drivers of pci express graphic cards click the browse cd item then appears the following screen select the driver you want to install e g nvidia geforce 8400 gs microsoft corporation wddm v1 and double click it 55
- Step 3 enable igd multi monitor from bios in the following bios screen please set igd multi monitor to enabled 55
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- Display devices 56
- Enter the control panel menu select the display in the all control panel items and click the screen resolution then appears the following screen 56
- Select display devices set the multiple displays option and to extend destop for display multi monitor technology 56
- Set the multiple displays 56
- Show the path of the setting location 56
- Step 4 change the appearance of your displays under windows 7 8 56
- The type of the display 56
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- Chapter 3 57
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- Chapter 3 58
- Chassis opened no 58
- Pch configuration 58
- Restore ac power loss power off 58
- This item enables or disables azalia hd audio case open warning disabled 58
- This item enables or disables the warning if the case is opened up and the item below indicates the current status of the case 58
- This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its operating status azalia hd audio enabled 58
- This item indicates whether the case has been opened 58
- To return to the chipset menu page 58
- To view the following screen 58
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- Me configuration 59
- Me control enabled use this item to enable or disable the me firmware 59
- Me fw version 9 0 372 this item shows the me fw version 59
- To return to the chipset menu page 59
- To view the following screen 59
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- Chapter 3 60
- Cpu overclocking configuration 60
- Cpu ratio 29 60
- M i b x mb intelligent bios x menu 60
- Package current lock disabled 60
- Scroll to this item to view the following screen 60
- This item allows you to control non turbo cpu ratio 60
- This item allows you to enable or disable the package current lock 60
- This page enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system the clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system 60
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- Graphics core ratio limit 16 this item allows you to control the internal gfx core ratio 62
- North bridge configuration 62
- Scroll to this item to view the following screen 62
- To return to the m i b x menu page 62
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- Chapter 3 63
- Memory configuration 63
- Scroll to this item to view the following screen 63
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- Dll weak lock support enabled this item allows you to enable or disable the dll weak lock support 64
- Enh interleave support enabled this item allows you to enable or disable the enh interleave support 64
- Memory frequency 1067 mhz this item shows the information of the memory frequency 64
- Memory frequency 1067 this item shows the memory frequency 64
- Memory profiles automatic this item enables you to set the memory profiles the selection of memory profiles impacts memory sizing behavior 64
- Memory rc version 1 this item shows the information of the memory rc version 64
- Ri support enabled this item allows you to enable or disable the rank interleave support note ri and hori can not be enabled at the same time 64
- Total memory 1024 mb ddr3 this item shows the information of the total memory 64
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- Ch0writevref 0 80 v auto this item allows you to adjust the ch0writevref from 0 to 108 and the default is 54 1 step is 4mv 66
- Chapter 3 66
- Dimm voltage 1 12 v auto this item allows you to adjust the dimm voltage 66
- Over voltage configuration 66
- Pch core voltage 1 44 v auto this item allows you to adjust the pch voltage 66
- Processor input voltage auto this item allows you to adjust the processor input voltage 66
- Scroll to this item to view the following screen 66
- Vdroop enabled use this item to enable or disable the vdroop 66
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- Boot configuration this item shows the information of the boot configuration operation system select windows 7 or other os this item is used to select the operation system launch pxe oprom disabled the item enables or disables launch pxe option rom launch storage oprom enabled use this item to enable or disable the storage oprom fast boot disabled this item enables or disables boot with initialization of a minimal set of device re quired to launch active boot option has no effect for bbs boot options bootup numlock state on this item enables you to select numlock state quiet boot enabled this item enables or disables quiet boot boot mode select legacy use this item to select boot mode set boot priority this item enables you to set boot priority for all boot devices boot option 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 these items show the boot priorities 69
- Boot menu 69
- Chapter 3 69
- This page enables you to set the keyboard numlock state 69
- To see the submenu 69
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- Boot option 1 silicon power pmap this item shows the boot priorities 70
- Chapter 3 70
- Hard disk drive bbs priorities 70
- Scroll to this item to view the following screen 70
- To return to the m i b x menu page 70
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- Administrator password status not install this item shows administrator password installed or not 71
- Chapter 3 71
- Platform mode setup this item allows you to set the platform mode 71
- Secure boot disabled this item is used to control the secure boot flow it is possible only if system runs in user mode 71
- Security check setup this item is used to enable or disable the security check 71
- Security menu 71
- This page enables you to set setup administrator password and user password 71
- User password status not install this item shows user password installed or not 71
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- Back to ez mode this item enables you to back to ez mode save changes and exit this item enables you to exi 72
- Boot override use this item to select the boot device 72
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- Discard changes and exit this item enables you to exit system setup without saving any changes 72
- Discard changes and reset this item enables you to reset system setup without saving any changes 72
- Exit menu 72
- Save as user defaults this item enables you to save the changes that you have made as user defaults restore user defaults this item enables you to restore the user defaults 72
- Save changes and reset this item enables you to reset system setup after saving the changes 72
- Save options this item enables you to save the options that you have made save changes this item enables you to save the changes that you have made discard changes this item enables you to discard any changes that you have made restore defaults this item enables you to restore defaults to all the setup options 72
- The system setup after saving the changes 72
- This page enables you to exit system setup after saving or without saving the changes 72
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- Chapter 3 73
- Updating the bios 73
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- Auto installing under windows 7 8 75
- Chapter 4 75
- Chapter 4 using the motherboard software 75
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- Chapter 4 76
- Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart a few times to complete the installation 76
- Windows 8 will show the following screen after system restart you must select desktop in the bottom left to install the next driver 76
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- Chapter 4 77
- Ecs utility software intelligent ez utility 77
- Manual installation 77
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- Chapter 4 78
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- Chapter 4 79
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- Chapter 4 80
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- Chapter 5 81
- Chapter 5 amd crossfire 81
- Graphics cards 81
- Installing crossfire 81
- Requirements 81
- Technology support 81
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- Chapter 5 82
- Control center dialog box 82
- The catalys 82
- To enable crossfire 82
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- Chapter 6 83
- Chapter 6 nvidi 83
- Hybrid sl 83
- Installing your nvidi 83
- Requirements 83
- Sli ready components 83
- Technology support 83
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- Chapter 6 84
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- Chapter 6 85
- Enabling nvidi 85
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- Chapter 6 86
- Control panel setting of 2 way sli 86
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- Before creating a raid set 87
- Chapter 7 87
- Matrix storage manager raid configuration 87
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- Chapter 7 88
- Create an inte 88
- Enter the inte 88
- Entering inte 88
- Install the inte 88
- Matrix storage manager driver after the window 88
- Matrix storage manager driver disk for window 88
- Matrix storage manager option to set up your raid configuration 88
- Matrix storage manager raid bios menu 88
- Matrix storage manager raid bios menu appears 88
- Matrix storage manager raid bios utility 88
- Os had been installed 88
- Os in stallation see section creating a raid driver disk for details 88
- The main inte 88
- To enter the inte 88
- Use the arrow keys to move the color bar and navigate through the items 88
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- Chapter 7 89
- Creating a raid set 89
- In the main inte 89
- Key in the raid volume capacity use the up down arrow to choose the capacity the default value indicates the maximum capacity using the selected disks entering a lower capacity allows you to create a second volume on these disks 89
- When more than two hdds are installed in your computer the disks item will be selectable then users can select the hdd that you want to belong to the raid set please be noticed that selecting a wrong disk will result in losing the original data of the hdd 89
- When the raid level item is highlighted use the up down arrow key to select the raid set that you want to create 89
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- Deletes all the data in the hdds 90
- The following screen appears displaying the relevant information about the raid set you created 90
- Users please be noted that raid 0 stripe is set to accelerate the data access and raid 1 mirror is set to provide the data backup if you want to set raid 0 you need to set the 2nd boot device item in the bios to intel volume0 see section advanced setup for details 90
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- Chapter 7 91
- Deletes all the data in the hdds 91
- Deleting a raid set 91
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- Chapter 7 92
- Deletes all the data in the hdds 92
- Exiting setup 92
- Resetting disks to non raid 92
- To reset disks to non raid 92
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- Chapter 8 93
- Chapter 8 trouble shooting 93
- Start up problems during assembly 93
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- Chapter 8 94
- Maintenance and care tips 94
- Start up problems after prolong use 94
- Z87h3 a3x user manual 94
- Basic troubleshooting flowchart 95
- S e y s e y 95
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