ASROCK N68C-S User Manual

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64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
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7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit on your SATA /
SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
NOTE. If you install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage
(create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still
need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set the
RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path
in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
D. Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a blank
formatted diskette into floppy
drive A:
press any key to start
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 SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 4: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 5: Install Windows
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XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
You can start to install Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the
beginning of Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When
prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the NVIDIA
®
RAID driver.
After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install
according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.

ASROCK N68C-S Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	1
PS/2 ports quantity	2
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
Power source type	ATX
Audio output channels	5.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
Compatible operating systems	Windows 7, Vista, XP
Graphics card	GeForce 7025
Maximum graphics card memory	256 MB
RAID levels	0, 1, 0+1
Networking features	10/100 Mbps
ACPI version	1.1
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	208 mm
Width	244 mm