ASROCK Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Installation Guide

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1.3 Installing Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with
RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.
1.3.1 Installing Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions,
please follow below steps.
Way 1
:
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY
→
Advanced screen
→
Storage Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID].
C. Click [F10] to save and exit.
STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check this RAID installation guide for proper configuration.
Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this document for details.
STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use an USB floppy or a floppy disk.)
A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and
then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device.
C. When you see the message on the screen, “Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.
D. Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive.
WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will
lose ALL data in it!
Start to format and copy files [YN]?
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.
E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA3 drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit OS on your system.

ASROCK Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 2100, 2450 MHz
System bus rate	5.2 GT/s
Processor socket	Socket AM3+
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X3, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6
Processor thermal power (max)	140 W
Processor system buses supported	2600 MHz
USB 2.0 connectors	2
Number of COM connectors	1
Number of SATA connectors	5
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
RAID levels	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA III
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
Audio chip	Realtek ALC1150
Cooling type	Passive
Certification	FCC, CE, WHQL, ErP, EuP
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD 990FX
PC health monitoring	FAN, Temperature
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB950
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64, Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 x64
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	3-Way CrossFireX, Quad-GPU CrossFireX, Quad-GPU SLI
PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slots	3
BIOS type	UEFI AMI
ACPI version	1.1
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
Trial software	Start8
Cables included	SATA
Bundled software	Google Chrome, XSplit, Killer Network Manager

Weight and Dimensions

Width	- mm