ASROCK FM2A55M-VG3 Installation Guide

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4. Choose the RAID level and options for the second logical drive. Note that the physical drives on Ports 1 and 2
reflect smaller capacities because a portion of their original capacity belongs to the first logical drive. The
physical drives on Ports 3 and 4 have not yet been assigned to a logical drive, so they show the original
capacity.
5 Press Ctrl-Y to save your logical drive configuration.
6 Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu. Press Esc again to exit the Utility.
7 Press Y to restart the computer.
You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive.
Note
You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use it.
Viewing Drive Assignments, Split Physical Drives
After you create two logical drives from the same set of physical drives, press 1 on the Main Menu screen to see the
View Drive Assignments screen.
In this example, observe how each of the physical drives in Ports 1and 2 are split between two logical drives. Extent 1
belongs to logical drive 1 (LD 1). Extent 2 belongs to logical drive 2 (LD 2).
Under Assignment, the physical drives are divided into LD 1 and LD 2. For example, LD 1-1 means logical drive
1, physical drive 1; and LD 1-2 means logical drive 1, physical drive 2.

ASROCK FM2A55M-VG3 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	2
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz
Processor socket	Socket FM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD A
Processor thermal power (max)	100 W
Number of SATA II connectors	4
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors	-
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Certification	- FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	AMD A55 FCH
Audio output channels	5.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
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 Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64
RAID levels	0, 1, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II
Graphics card	Radeon HD 7000
DirectX version	11
Maximum resolution	1920 x 1600 pixels
Maximum graphics card memory	2048 MB
BIOS type	UEFI AMI
ACPI version	1.1

Weight and Dimensions

Width	- mm