ASROCK H77 Pro4-M Installation And Configuration Guide

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2. GuidetoRAIDCongurations
2.1 Introduction of RAID
ThismotherboardadoptsIntelsouthbridgechipsetthatinte-
gratesRAIDcontrollersupportingRAID0/RAID1/IntelRapid
Storage/RAID10/RAID5functionwithfourindependentSe-
rialATA(SATA)channels.Thissectionwillintroducethebasic
knowledgeofRAID,andtheguidetocongureRAID0/RAID
1/IntelRapidStorage/RAID10/RAID5settings.
RAID
Theterm“RAID”standsfor“RedundantArrayofIndependent
Disks”,whichisamethodcombiningtwoormoreharddisk
drivesintoonelogicalunit.Foroptimalperformance,please
installidenticaldrivesofthesamemodelandcapacitywhen
creatingaRAIDset.
RAID 0 (Data Striping)
RAID0iscalleddatastripingthatoptimizestwoidenticalhard
diskdrivestoreadandwritedatainparallel,interleavedstacks.
Itwillimprovedataaccessandstoragesinceitwilldoublethe
datatransferrateofasinglediskalonewhilethetwoharddisks
performthesameworkasasingledrivebutatasustained
data transfer rate.
WARNING!!
AlthoughRAID0functioncanimprovetheaccessperformance,
it does not provide any fault tolerance. Hot-Plug any HDDs of
theRAID0Diskwillcausedatadamageordataloss.
RAID 1 (Data Mirroring)
RAID1iscalleddatamirroringthatcopiesandmaintainsan
identicalimageofdatafromonedrivetoaseconddrive.Itpro-
videsdataprotectionandincreasesfaulttolerancetotheentire
systemsincethediskarraymanagementsoftwarewilldirect
allapplicationstothesurvivingdriveasitcontainsacomplete
copyofthedataintheotherdriveifonedrivefails.

ASROCK H77 Pro4-M Specifications

General

ECC	No
Non-ECC	Yes
Memory voltage	1.5 V
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600 MHz
Supported memory module capacities	16GB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
System bus rate	5 GT/s
Processor socket	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Compatible processor series	Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
HDMI version	1.4a
Headphone outputs	5
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.
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	2
Audio chip	Realtek ALC892
Cooling type	Passive
Certification	FCC, CE, WHQL, ErP/EuP Ready
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	Intel H77
PC health monitoring	CPU, FAN, Temperature
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
Compatible operating systems	Windows 7, Vista, XP 32/64-bit
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II, SATA III
Cables included	SATA
Graphics card	HD Graphics
OpenGL version	3.2
DirectX version	11
Maximum resolution	2048 x 1536 pixels
Maximum graphics card memory	1760 MB
Parallel processing technology support	2-Way CrossFireX
PCI Express slots version	2.0, 3.0
PCI Express configurations	1x4, 1x16
Controller 2nd interface type	ASMedia ASM1061
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111E
Wi-Fi standards	Not supported
Networking features	Gigabit LAN
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	EFI AMI
ACPI version	1.1
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Width	244 mm