Contents

 

1 Introduction.........................................................

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1.1

Package Contents .........................................................

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1.2

Speci cations.................................................................

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1.3

Motherboard Layout.......................................................

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1.4

I/O Panel ......................................................................

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2 Installation...........................................................

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2.1

Screw Holes...................................................................

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2.2

Pre-installation Precautions .........................................

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2.3

CPU Installation.............................................................

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2.4

Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan.............................

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2.5

Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)........................

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2.6

Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) ....................

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2.7

Jumpers Setup ..........................................................

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2.8

Onboard Headers and Connectors ............................

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2.9

Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks

 

 

Installation ..................................................................

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2.10

Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation .............

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2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII

 

 

HDDs

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2.12 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs ....

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2.13

SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and

 

 

Operation Guide ........................................................

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2.14

Driver Installation Guide ............................................

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2.15

Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM

 

 

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions ..............

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2.15.1

Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID

 

 

 

Functions.............................................................

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2.15.2 Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System...................

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2.15.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0,

 

 

 

RAID 1 or RAID 5................................................

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2.15.4

Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM /

 

 

 

VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions....................

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2.16

Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit

 

 

/ XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions ...................

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2.16.1

Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID

 

 

Functions............................................................

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2.16.2

Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM /

 

 

 

VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions...............

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